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**__First Manassas (Bull Run) Union Generals__** ​ The North had very few experienced generals (almost every Southern officer had resigned) but Linclon had found a likely commander named Irvin McDowell. McDowell, a veteran of the Mexican War of 1845, saw many other obsticals that many could not. In fact, he was the one who had warned President Lincoln about the rebel spies who lurked around Washington, stating "We cannot count on keeping secret our intentions... they (the spies) are alive and well-informed as to every movement, however slight, we make". He lead his troop of 35,000 men to the shallow, small, river of Bull Run. His army was made up of restless amatures who were untrained for war. McDowell was well known for his defeat during the First Manassas (Bull Run).

General Winfield Scott also played a very important role in the First Manassas (Bull Run). He served the armed forces for forty-seven years, commanding forces in the War of 1812, the Mexican-American War, Black Hawk War, Second Seminole War, and the Civil War. Scott served as Commanding General of the United States Army for twenty years, longer than any other person that held that position. Winfield Scott was a national hero at the Mexican American War, therefore he was nominated for the United States Presidential Election of 1852. He had lost, but became a popular national figure in America. His nicknames were "Old fuss and Feathers" and "Grand Old Man of the Army" since he had been quite a large man (weighing over 300 pounds) and being in the army for so long. Winfield was born in Dinwiddie County, Virginia and died in West Point, New York. He is now burried in West Point Cemetary, West Point, New York living up to be seventy-nine years old.

First Manassas (Bull Run)