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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM4A0_harry-j-parrish_Manassas-VA.html
Harry J. Parrish—The Man. Harry Jacob Parrish was born February 22, 1922 and has made Manassas his lifelong home. He attended Prince William county schools, Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Wofford college, and schools of the US Air Force. Hs…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM49J_site-of-manassas-junction_Manassas-VA.html
One mile west was the junction of the Orange and Alexandria and Manassas Gap Railroad lines. The point became known as Manassas Junction. During the Civil War both sides used the area as a supply base. The site of the first depot was probably abou…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM48K_signal-hill-monument_Manassas-VA.html
8:45 A.M. July 21st 1861 Battle of First Manassas (Bull Run).From this hilltop Capt. E.P. Alexander, CSA, sent America's first battlefield telecommunication: Look out for your left, you are turned. This short message to Col. Evans warning him of B…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3ZE_the-unfinished-railroad_Manassas-VA.html
Stonewall Jackson set up his defensive line along a two mile section of these cuts and fills, which were originally grading for the Independent Line of the Manassas Gap Railroad. The railroad, begun in the 1850's, ran out of money after the roadbe…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3YC_james-robinson-house_Manassas-VA.html
To the south stood the farmhouse of James Robinson, a former slave freed by Landon Carter. There, during the First Battle of Manassas on 21 July 1961, Col. Wade Hampton's Legion covered the Confederates falling back to Henry Hill, where Jackson st…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3YB_the-unfinished-railroad_Manassas-VA.html
From the woods ahead came the sound of many men approaching. Out of a fog of musket smoke the enemy appeared, charging with fixed bayonets straight at this position.
You are standing behind the Unfinished Railroad, Confederate General Stonewall…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3Y1_the-unfinished-railroad_Manassas-VA.html
These cuts and fills are what remain of the Independent Line of the Manassas Gap Railroad. The Independent Line was constructed in the mid-1850s to connect Gainesville, 5 miles to the west, with Alexandria, 25 miles to the east. After completing t…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3XR_mclean-farm-yorkshire-plantation_Manassas-VA.html
Part of an early 18th century plantation established on Bull Run by Col. Richard Blackburn formerly of Yorkshire, England, the land was acquired by Wilmer McLean in 1854. The battle which opened 1st Manassas raged across this farm July 18, 1861, w…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3KR_the-grave-of-our-dear-mother-judith-henry_Manassas-VA.html
Killed near this spot by the explosion of shells in her dwelling during the Battle of the 21st of July, 1861. When killed she was in her 85th year and confined to her bed by the infirmities of age.Her husband Dr. Isaac Henry was a Surgeon in the U…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM3J1_campaign-of-second-manassas_Manassas-VA.html
Here Taliaferro, of Jackson's force, came into the highway in the late night of August 27, 1862. He was marching from Manassas to the position about a mile and a half to the north held by Jackson in the Second Battle of Manassas.