Re: Only for bears?

Default User <defaultuserbr@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

James Silverton wrote:

Don't the names of the battles reflect a North/South, USA/CSA
language division? I think the North used "Bull Run" and the South
"Manassas".

Yes. There are some others where the Confederacy preferred to name the
battle after a nearby town, and the Union after a landmark. Notably
Sharpsburg/Antietam and Pittsburg Landing/Shiloh.

"Landmark" is sort of a, well, dry term because they were waterways.

Antietam Creek is near Sharpsburg, Maryland.

Bull Run is a tributary of the Potomac River.

The "Army of the Potomac," the "Army of the Shenandoah," "of the Ohio"
-- the North was big on referring to river names.

Not all battles, though. Gettysburg and Vicksburg, among others, were
not rivers.

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