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Noun: Bull Run
  1. A creek in northeastern Virginia where two battles were fought in the American Civil War
     
  2. Either of two battles during the American Civil War (1861 and 1862); Confederate forces defeated the Federal army in both battles
    - First Battle of Bull Run, Battle of Bull Run

Type of: brook, creek, pitched battle

Part of: American Civil War, Old Dominion, Old Dominion State, United States Civil War, VA, Va., Virginia, War between the States

Encyclopedia: Bull Run, Preston County, West Virginia