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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/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…
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/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…
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