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... miles west of Washington DC. Manassas is the site of two major American Civil War Battles. The First Battle of Manassas was the first major land battle of the Civil War ... Arthur Feidler First Lady, Lady Bird Johnson Paul Mellon Richard Rogers Hank Williams Jr. President John F. Kennedy to name a few. I have volunteered in a number of places and ...
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Second Battle of Manassas
... outcome was yet unknown, and it would be left to other battles to decide whether the sacrifice at Manassas was part of ... Virginia) across the Chickahominy River and, in a series of savage battles, pushed McClellan back from the edge of Richmond to a ... Pope ordered yet another attack against Jackson's line. Major General Fitz John Porter's corps, along with part of McDowell's, struck Brigadier ...
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The Stone House
... General Jubal Early in his memoirs, managed to survive the shot and shell from both Battles of Manassas. A year after the fighting ended, a passing soldier commented that the forlorn ... Church and the Francis Lewis House, "Portici." During the Second Battle of Manassas, Union commander John Pope established his headquarters on Buck Hill overlooking the Stone House. On August 30 most ...
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Notes
... to as Davis.) Davis, p. 11. Imboden, John D. "Incidents of the First Bull Run", Battles and Leaders of the Civil War, Castle ... Battles and Leaders of the Civil War, Castle Books, New York, NY, Vol. 1, p. 201. Imboden, John D., "Jackson at Harper's ferry in 1861", Battles ... Guards, A History of Their Organization, Their Heroism, Their Battles and Their Triumphs, Starkville, Miss., 1890, in rare book ...
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Carter Chinn History
... Fannie Tasker Ball (1792-1853), who had married the Reverend John Taliaferro Lewis (1785-1862), and was happily living at Stepney. (Stepney is a village in England, the home of John Carter's second wife Ann. John and his third wife, Sarah Ludlow, were the ... and were ordered to Richmond and reached there just before the battles of Fredericksburg (December, 1862) . Having left some of our men detached ...
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Experiences
... ironic, miraculous escapes, and incredible coincidences. These objects recall several such events connected with the Battles of Manassas. Comrades removed this sword and sash from artillery Captain James Ricketts after ... Hill during First Manassas. This pair of field glasses belonged to Major General Fitz John Porter, commander of the Union 5th Corps during Second Manassas. Porter did not attack ...
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Park Dedication Plaque
... two battles known as The First and Second Battles of Manassas July 21, 1861 and August 29-30, 1862. Officers and directors of The Manassas Battlefield Confederate Park INC. John ... Wood, Commander - in - Chief, Roanoke, Virginia. Walter Lee Hopkins, Adjutant - In - Chief, Richmond, Virginia. John Ashley Jones, Executive Council, Atlanta, Georgia. M. A. Robinson, Executive Council, New York City ...
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