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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYN_wartime-manassas_Manassas-VA.html
During the Civil War, two railroads—the Manassas Gap and the Orange and Alexandria—intersected here. Manassas Junction was strategically important to both the Union and the Confederacy as a supply depot and for military transportation.…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYM_wartime-manassas_Manassas-VA.html
The Manassas Museum System invites you to take walking and driving tours of the city's historic Civil War sites. This map shows the locations of the sites featured on both tours. Copies of the map may be obtained inside the museum to take with you…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYI_wartime-manassas_Manassas-VA.html
(Preface): During the Civil War, two railroads—the Manassas Gap and the Orange and Alexandria—intersected here. Manassas Junction was strategically important to both the Union and Confederacy as a supply depot and for military transpor…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMYE_wartime-manassas_Manassas-VA.html
(Preface): During the Civil War, two railroads—the Manassas Gap and the Orange and Alexandria—intersected here. Manassas Junction was strategically important to both the Union and the Confederacy as a supply depot and for military tran…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXL_ruffner-public-school-number-1_Manassas-VA.html
July 20, 1872—————Named for Wm. H. Ruffner, Virginia's first superintendent of public instruction, and opened as a public school on this date. Before free public schools were established by the Virginia constitution o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMXG_steam-locomotive-tire-fire-alarm-1909_Manassas-VA.html
One of the challenges for volunteer fire departments is how to alert their members to a fire. In July 1909, the Town of Manassas authorized Mr. J. I. Randall, the first town Fire Chief, to purchase three locomotive tires to be suspended in frames …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX8_mayfield-civil-war-fort_Manassas-VA.html
Some of the Confederate cannons placed at Manassas and nearby Centreville were for show only. These non-functioning cannon were intended to deceive Union soldiers who might turn their telescopes on the earthworks: "This was nothing other than huge…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMX5_mayfield-civil-war-fort_Manassas-VA.html
Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard, commander of the troops defending Manassas, had been one of the pre-war U.S. Army's outstanding artillerists. Fearing an imminent Union attack, he worked feverishly to obtain cannons for the fortifications and experienced c…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWY_mayfield-civil-war-fort_Manassas-VA.html
The Mayfield earthwork, known in military engineering terms as a redoubt, was a circle of raised earth some 200 feet in diameter. It may have included a retaining wall of timbers and brush, and planks to support artillery. While capable of self-de…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMWW_mayfield-civil-war-fort_Manassas-VA.html
Archeology is the detective work of history. Evidence recovered from the soil often provides valuable clues for learning how people lived, worked, and died, especially when documentary sources are scarce.
Excavations were conducted at the Hooe …