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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NNX_burning-of-manassas_Manassas-VA.html
Manassas Junction was twice destroyed by fire in the Civil War and badly damaged by fires in 1905 and 1911. The Confederates burned their base here in March 1862 to avoid seizure by the Federals and Stonewall Jackson destroyed the Federal base in …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NNV_katie-hooe-house_Manassas-VA.html
This structure reputedly is the oldest dwelling in Manassas. Part of the building is of log and is supposed to have been built before the Civil War. Most of the original houses of the hamlet of Tudor Hall—subsequently Manassas, were in the f…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRT7_the-manassas-museum_Manassas-VA.html
During the 1850s two railroad lines, the Orange & Alexandria and the Manassas Gap, intersected at a small Prince William County village that became known as Manassas Junction. In 1861 more than 20,000 Confederate troops from across the South gathe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRT6_mayfield-civil-war-fort_Manassas-VA.html
The life of Civil War soldiers in camp was one of boredom, fear, mischief, disease and even death. Thousands of young men, many of whom had never before left their family farms or urban neighborhoods, were crowded into the makeshift camps. Disease…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRT5_mayfield-civil-war-fort_Manassas-VA.html
After the First Battle of Manassas on June 21, 1861, Confederate forces continued to hold Manassas Junction until March 1862. They evacuated Manassas and moved south in order to counter Union Gen. George B. McClellan's plans to attack Richmond. Du…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRT4_mayfield-civil-war-fort_Manassas-VA.html
Following Virginia's decision to secede from the Union in in April 1861, Southern troops began arriving here at the small village of Tudor Hall, which soon came to be known as Manassas Junction. This place, where the Orange & Alexandria and Manass…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMQWL_clover-hill-farm_Manassas-VA.html
In 1770 Patrick Hamrick sold this land to Rutt Johnson who used the land for crops and fruit trees and later added livestock. This property became known as CLOVER HILL FARM prior to 1852. During the Civil War the Johnson family left the area. When…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIVG_manassas-1892_Manassas-VA.html
Prussian-born Robert Portner, Alexandria brewer and businessman, built Annaburg in 1892 as his show place summer home and escape from the city. It became the center of beauty and interest with 35 rooms, electricity, and reportedly, one of the firs…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMIU9_manassas-1825_Manassas-VA.html
Built by the Weir family in 1825, this Federal-style home is one of the few pre-Civil War dwellings that remains in the area. Once a prosperous 2,000-acre plantation, Liberia had a general store, a post office, and a school, and boasted a successf…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMFSD_manassas-1906_Manassas-VA.html
When the Civil War ended, newcomers and residents rebuilt the burned and devastated landscape around this vital railroad junction. The resulting town of Manassas, incorporated in 1873, quickly became the transportation and commercial hub of Prince…