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- First Bull Run - Critical Decisions of the First Bull Run Manassas . . .
Inspired by the "Decisions" series of books written by Matt Spruill (Gettysburg, Stones River, and Second Manassas; I believe some more are in the works), I have decided to try my hand at identifying the "critical descisions" of the campaign and battle of First Bull Run Manassas The decisions will be posted in no particular order
- Clover Hill Farm Manassas Virginia | Contemporary Photos of Sites Events
The Manassas Museum is in possession of many artifacts dug up relics the Johnson family donated These pics shown attached are of the slave quarters and the Johnson family cemetery There's one enlarged image of what the farm looked like before it was sold off and donated to the Methodist Church
- Color of Confederate uniforms at First Bull Run Manassas
Lt Col Boone thought the Union troops were "friendlies" from the 4th Alabama, which apparently also had some men wearing red shirts He rode into the enemy line to order the men to stop firing into their "friends" and was promptly captured The highest-ranking Confederate captured at 1st Manassas
- Trust loses in court case over Manassas battlefield
Local resident to Manassas Battlefield here and I agree I'd love to see the area remain as it is, but the reality is that DC "development" continues to push west Additionally, members of the PWC government view residents in northern PWC as the rich people who have too much (compared to congested and crime-ridden southern PWC)
- A Tuesday Tea with the Women Girls of Manassas
For the ladies at Manassas it was a day they never forgot Judith Carter Henry was buried near the home she loved and died in Private Frank Thompson went on to be a spy for the Union Army and was in reality a woman known as Sarah Emma Edmonds Laura Thornberry was inspired as a grandmother to write her story down to give to her grandchildren
- Ruins at Manassas Junction. | Period Photos Examinations
Ruins at Manassas Junction, Va after its evacuation by Confederates, March 1862 The object in the foreground is a railroad turntable Photo credits: National Archives (NARA-533283) Library of Congress (LC-DIG-cwpb-03748) Library of Congress (LC-DIG-ppmsca-33462)
- Confederate graves at Manassas. | Period Photos Examinations
On March 9, 1862, the Confederates evacuated their winter camps in Centreville and Manassas in anticipation of fighting closer to Richmond Photographers George N Barnard and James F Gibson recorded this solemn tribute to the men who were left behind (Library of Congress)
- CSS Manassas, Up and Down the Mississippi – Twice
On 20th January 1862, Flag-Officer Hollins was writing to Lt Warley – commanding the Manassas – both of them apparently at New Orleans (ORN Ser I Vol 16, 730a) Manassas was not to stay in the New Orleans area, however On 12th February 1862, Major-General Lovell at New Orleans wrote that he had given gunpowder to Commodore Hollins 'to go
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