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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/HM1NZF_chinn-ridge_Manassas-VA.html
The massive Confederate counterattack appeared unstoppable. General James Longstreet's wing of the army - upwards of 28,000 troops - steadily pushed east toward Henry Hill. If the Confederates occupied that plateau, ironically the same ground on w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NUP_battling-for-the-rocky-knoll_Manassas-VA.html
Stonewall Jackson's defensive line extended nearly two miles - from Sudley Church to the Brawner Farm. Many of his 24,000 troops were posted behind the cuts and fills of the unfinished railroad grade before you. The formidable position enabled Jac…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NTR_honoring-the-dead_Manassas-VA.html
One of the earliest endeavors to remember the fallen occurred soon after the war concluded. Union troops stationed at nearby Fairfax Court House, many of whom had recently served on burial duty at the battlefield, recognized the need for a fitting…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NTF_invaded-farmland_Manassas-VA.html
Spring Hill Farm - now simply known as Henry Hill - lay fallow and overgrown in the summer of 1861. A small vegetable garden and orchard surrounded the frame house. Inside the home, 84-year old Judith Henry remained bedridden, too old to work the …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NNY_the-ben-lomond-manor-house_Manassas-VA.html
The Ben Lomond Manor House was built in 1837 by Benjamin Tasker Chinn and served as the principal structure on 1,739 acres of land. Prosperous farmers before the war, the Chinns watched their fortunes decrease due to the proximity of the estate to…
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/HM1NNF_church-during-wartime_Manassas-VA.html
People were on their way to worship—some already in the church yard—when thousands of Federal soldiers suddenly appeared marching south Sudley Road. Within minutes the sound of gunfire came from the direction of Matthews Hill. As wound…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1NND_second-battle-of-manassas_Manassas-VA.html
On Henry Hill, Pope's rear guard, in the late afternoon of August 30, 1862, repulsed the attacks of Longstreet coming from the west. If the hill had been taken, Pope's army would have been doomed; but the Unionists held it while the rest of their …