Here’s some other two (and three) name battles in The Cornfield: The town name was later shortened to “Manassas”. The town which grew at the railroad junction was known as Manassas Junction. The battles fought near Bull Run and Manassas Junction on Jand August 28-30, 1862, are First and Second Bull Run in the North and First and Second Manassas in the South. The battle is called, thus, Antietam in the North and Sharpsburg in the South, although Antietam is the more common reference in modern times. The climactic battle in The Cornfield was fought between Antietam Creek and the town of Sharpsburg. Some of these have a single name, some two names, and one has three names. Many of the stories in The Cornfield were set in Civil War battles. Sometimes a battle acquired a common name, for both the North and South, by common usage.
Most often when the battle was fought in and around a town (such as Gettysburg) or near a river and no where near a town (such as Chickamauga).
And for whatever reason, the Confederate army and people in the South generally referred to a battle by the name of the nearest town. For whatever reason, the Union army and people in the North generally referred to a battle by a geographic feature, most often a river and stream.
The name comes later when participants and others need a name as a point of reference. No soldier names a battle before or during the battle.
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