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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WYA_thornberry-house-historical_Manassas-VA.html
Though much changed through the years, the Thornberey House survives as one of three Civil War-era structures in the park. Built in the 1840s it was home to John and Martha Thornberry and their five children. John Thornberry operated a wheelright …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WY9_sudley-springs-historical_Manassas-VA.html
Before being defined as a Battlefield, this landscape existed as the crossroads hamlet of Sudley Springs. Although it consisted of fewer than a dozen households in 1860, three features distinguished Sudley Springs from neighboring communities - a …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WY8_the-bartow-monument-historical_Manassas-VA.html
Colonel Francis S. Bartow was killed near here while leading the 7th Georgia Infantry in a counterattack. An ardent defender of slavery and states' rights, the Georgia politician was placed in command of a brigade of state troops shortly before th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WY7_historic-road-trace-historical_Manassas-VA.html
The road trace before you once linked the Spring Hill Farm (Henry Hill) and the Portici plantation. Both of these properties figured prominently at First Manassas and the narrow path connecting them became a conduit for Confederate troop movements…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WY6_confederates-rally-historical_Manassas-VA.html
Many Confederates felt they had lost the battle - perhaps the war. At that moment Generals Johnston and P.G.T Beauregard arrived on Henry Hill and began to rally the scattered regiments. The fugitives started to reform behind fresh reinforcements …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WY5_war-time-henry-hill-historical_Manassas-VA.html
Shortly after the Confederate army left the area, Northern photographers ventured out to the battlefield to document the landscape. George Barnard captured this image of Henry Hill in March 1862 from approximately where you now stand. Only ruins r…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WY4_7th-georgia-regiment-historical_Manassas-VA.html
5th Position
7th GA Regt.
July 21, 1861.
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WY3_outnumbered-the-stand-in-robinson-lane-historical_Manassas-VA.html
Colonel Wade Hampton's infantry occupied the Warrenton Turnpike in front of the Robinson farm as the Confederate position on Matthews Hill collapsed. Having arrived at Manassas Junction earlier that morning after a 30-hour train ride from Richmond…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WXI_the-matthew-farm-historical_Manassas-VA.html
In 1860, Martin Matthew owned a modest frame house on 123 acres. He shared the home with his brothers Carson and Edgar. The brothers cultivated wheat, corn, oats, and hay and also raised tobacco - a rarity in the area at the time. Woodlots provide…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM1WXH_blocking-the-union-advance-historical_Manassas-VA.html
After Departing their position near the Stone Bridge, Confederate troops under Colonel Nathan Evans deployed on this ground to intercept the enemy flanking column advancing southward on the Sudley Road. Knowing they were outnumbered, their only ho…