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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PIK_henry-hill_Manassas-VA.html
Today's serene and peaceful fields belie the carnage that occurred here on July 21, 1861, when Union and Confederate troops clashed at the first major land battle of the Civil War - the First Battle of Manassas (Bull Run). The Heaviest and most su…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PII_groveton-monument_Gainesville-VA.html
Like its companion monument on Henry Hill, this obelisk was constructed by Union soldiers at the close of the Civil War. It honors the Federal dead of the Second Battle of Manassas. The monument was dedicated on June 11, 1865. Souvenir hunters lat…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OW6_visions-of-victory_Manassas-VA.html
The opening fight at Brawner Farm revealed Stonewall Jackson's position north of Groveton. In response, General John Pope ordered his entire force - nearly 65,000 Federal Troops - to converge on the Confederates and bring them to battle. This dire…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OD6_robinson-house_Manassas-VA.html
Here stood the home of James Robinson and his family. Born "free" in 1799, James is listed as being of mixed racial parentage. Family oral history suggests that James' father was possibly a member of the Carter family of Pittsylvania plantation. I…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OD5_like-a-stonewall_Manassas-VA.html
Confederate reinforcements deployed into battle line at the edge of the woods behind you. Anchoring the center of this new position stood a brigade of Virginians — 2,500 strong — under the command of General Thomas J. Jackson. When tol…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OD3_turning-the-tide_Manassas-VA.html
The Confederate army had been fighting for time. Efforts to delay the enemy's advance bought that time in blood — essential hours that allowed Southern reinforcements to reach the battlefield. Many regiments marched up from defensive positio…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OC9_point-blank-volley_Manassas-VA.html
Captain Charles Griffin's cannon, a section of Battery D, 5th U.S. Artillery, fired only two rounds when an unidentified line of infantry approached from the fence ahead. Who were they? Griffin proclaimed them the enemy. His commanding officer, th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OC8_defeat-and-disarray_Manassas-VA.html
By day's end the Confederates held Henry Hill, capturing eight of the eleven Union cannon brought atop this plateau. Rebel reinforcements extended the battle lines across Sudley Road to neighboring Chinn Ridge (one-half mile ahead of you). Federal…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1OB1_final-struggle_Manassas-VA.html
Up the slope marched Federal troops, determined to retake the cannons lost moments earlier. The bodies of slain artillerists and infantrymen littered the landscape. The Yankees recaptured Griffin's two guns and attempted to drag the two pieces to …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NZL_strategic-crossing_Centreville-VA.html
Originally constructed in 1825, the Stone Bridge carried the Warrenton Turnpike across Bull Run. Its ability to carry traffic across the steep-sided stream, even at times of high water, gave the bridge a key role in the Civil War. Both sides recog…