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

Bull Run provides drinking water to one-fifth of Oregon’s population, including residents of Portland, Gresham and other jurisdictions.

From Seattle Times • Aug. 30, 2023

The Cumberland plant and a second coal-burning plant, Bull Run, went offline during a deep freeze over Christmas weekend.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 10, 2023

Historians say the land bordering the western side of the battlefield park includes unmarked graves, marked graves, and buried camp artifacts from the first and second battles of Bull Run.

From Washington Times • Oct. 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