Manassas Gap Railroad
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historicalmarkerproject.com/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 roadbed had been…
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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 about one half…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM4GP_loudoun-branch-manassas-gap-railroad_Hamilton-VA.html
The Virginia General Assembly approved plans for the Loudoun Branch (parts of which survive here) of the Manassas Gap Railroad on 8 March 1853, and construction soon began. The route extended 27 miles from just southwest of Chantilly on the main railroad's …
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM4U9_fifth-prince-william-county-courthouse_Manassas-VA.html
The city of Manassas originated in 1852 at the junction of the Manassas Gap and the Orange & Alexandria railroads. During the Civil War the junction's strategic significance led to two important battles nearby. After the war, as the community grew, citizens…
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Yankees were pinned down on the far side of the embankment, only ten 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. Others…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMMDH_action-at-annandale_Annandale-VA.html
The roadbed for the unfinished Manassas Gap Railroad was located in this immediate area and crossed Indian Run creek in Poe Terrace Park. The stone bridge abutments are still visible. Financial problems caused work to stop on the railroad in 1857, but the r…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HMRWW_piedmont-station_Delaplane-VA.html
Here at Piedmont Station (now Delaplane) trains were used forthe first time in history to move troops to impending battle.On July 19, 1861 the fields surrounding this stop on theManassas Gap Railroad—which appeared then almost exactly asthey do today&…
historicalmarkerproject.com/markers/HM198E_manassas-gap-railroad_Fairfax-VA.html
Cuts and fills of the Independent Line of the Manassas Gap Railroad are visible along this line and at various places through Fairfax County to Sudley Ford on Bull Run. Running north of the Little River Turnpike from Annandale and along North Street the lin…
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Wartime Manassas. "Defend that point against an attack". . During the Civil War, two railroads , the Manassas Gap and the Orange and Alexandria , intersected here. Manassas Junction was strategically important to both the Union and the Confederacy as a s…