First+Manassas+(Bull+Run)+Battlefield

**__The Battlefield __** In the morning fight the confederates (red arrows) made three attacks and three retreats whilethe federal troops (blue arrows) made two attacks by crossing the Bull Run River and didn't have any retreats. In the afternoon the federal troops had three retreats and the confederate troops didnt have any. During the First Manassas, the Union Army was initially succsessful with a flanking manueuver. A flanking maneuver is when you attack the opposing force from multiple sides. If the flanking maneuver is successful, the enemy will be surrounded. 

The Confederate Army had a different tactic. The confederates would be reinforced when their fellow soldiers would arrive by train from the Shenandoah Valley.

First Manassas (Bull Run)