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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S7G_retreat-from-chinn-ridge_Manassas-VA.html
Colonel Oliver O. Howard's brigade brought up the rear of the Federal flanking column. After crossing Bull Run, the New Englanders hastened towards the sounds of battle. In the mid-afternoon heat, dozens of men straggled on the march or collapsed …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S7F_twilight-clash_Manassas-VA.html
With his army reunited, Confederate General Robert E. Lee looked for an opportunity to strike the enemy. Lee proposed attacking the Federal left flank, which lay south of the Warrenton Turnpike. With evening drawing on, General James Longstret pro…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S7E_frank-head_Manassas-VA.html
Frank Head, Color Bearer of the 14th Brooklyn Regiment, was killed here on July 21, 1861.
Battle of First Manassas (Bull Run)
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S7D_opening-shots_Centreville-VA.html
From this ridge, Colonel Nathan G. Evans stood watch over the Stone Bridge, prepared to contest Union efforts to cross Bull Run. His brigade of 1,100 Confederates anchored the left flank of a seven mile defensive line guarding Manassas Junction. A…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S76_fight-at-the-fence-line_Manassas-VA.html
Colonel Nathaniel McLean braced his men for the coming onslaught. The Union officer, a civilian attorney with no prewar military background, commanded 1,200 Ohioans on Chinn Ridge. The ground directly in front of his brigade was open at the time o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S70_defending-the-cannon_Manassas-VA.html
As the Ohioans strived to delay the Confederates, Federal reinforcements rushed to Chinn Ridge in support. With these troops came the 5th Battery, Maine Light Artillery, under the temporary command of Lt. William F. Twitchell. The five guns unlimb…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1S6V_death-of-fletcher-webster_Manassas-VA.html
Colonel Fletcher Webster fell mortally wounded near here, leading his regiment in support of the cannon on Chinn Ridge. The colonel, son of the famous orator and statesman Daniel Webster, commanded the 12th Massachusetts Infantry - a regiment he o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1QSJ_the-kings-highway-road-to-yorktown_Quantico-VA.html
In the late 18th century, armies made the most use of the King's Highway. Merchants preferred to move goods such as tobacco over the Potomac River since land travel was difficult. The road became a main transportation route after the Revolutionary…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PNT_the-rock-fight_Manassas-VA.html
Yankees were pinned down on the far side of the embankment only yards away. After twenty minutes of continuous shooting, Confederates here were running out of ammunition. Frantically, they searched their dead and wounded comrades for cartridges. O…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1PIN_artillery-duel_Manassas-VA.html
General Irvin McDowell felt confident that victory was at hand. The Federal flanking column had marched around and behind the Confederate defenses along Bull Run. Nearly 18,000 troops were at, or en route, to the front. Confederate resistance on M…