Bull Run

American  

noun

1. a creek in NE Virginia: two important battles of the Civil War were fought near here, 1861 and 1862, both resulting in defeat for the Union forces.

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Bull Run British  

noun

1. Also known as: First and Second Manassas.  two battles fought at Manassas Junction near a stream named Bull Run, during the American Civil War (July, 1861 and August, 1862), in both of which the Federal army was routed by the Confederates See also Manassas

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Example Sentences

Battle scenes — including Bull Run, where picnicking tourists are accurately shown in attendance — are convincingly rendered.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2026

It’s burning about a mile south of one of two reservoirs in the Bull Run watershed and 2 miles from a water treatment facility.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 30, 2023

Gilcher, an employee of Magee’s at Infinity Solutions, received $1.4 million, but then wrote checks worth $620,000 back to another Magee-controlled company, Bull Run Capital Investments.

From Washington Times • May 26, 2023

A second coal-burning plant, Bull Run, also went offline, TVA spokesman Scott Brooks said in an email, although he did not provide details.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 31, 2022

“When I told Daddy that Shotgun had been decorated by U. S. Grant and wounded three times at Bull Run, it brought it all back to him, and we had to come.”

From "A Long Way from Chicago" by Richard Peck