Feb 23, 2013 · The battle of First Manassas began here on Matthews Hill around 9:30 a.m. the sultry morning of July 21, 1861 when the leading Federal brigade of Rhode Islanders commanded by Col. Ambrose Burnside finally arrived following a march that was supposed to have brought them here hours earlier.

Mar 15, 2013 · The Battle of Manassas Gap, also known as Wapping Heights, took place on July 23, 1863 near Front Royal, Virginia. As Lee's Army of Northern Virginia retreated into the Shenandoah Valley, Meade sent Maj. Gen. William H. French and the Third Corps to cut them off at Front Royal by forcing passage through Manassas Gap.

Feb 23, 2013 · The Manassas Gap RR was abandoned by the Confederates along with Manassas Junction in the spring of 1862 and remained unused for the next two years. In 1864, however, U. S. Grant, now in command of all Federal armies, directed it be repaired and reopened to supply the army of Phillip Sheridan then operating in the Shenandoah Valley.

Mar 2, 2003 · If it helps your search any, I can tell you that, although the movie referred to the battle as 1st Manassas, the citation associated with the medal calls the battle by the name by which the Union referred to it, i.e., Bull Run, rather than Manassas.

Feb 27, 2017 · Phil Kearny wrote this to his wife after Second Manassas and gave her his views of the battle. He would be killed at Chantilly the next day. Dearest Love, I wrote you yesterday morning. Since then there has been a sort of Bull Run episode. It is dangerous work to fight in this army; you have...

Mar 29, 2019 · Welcome from the UK and from The First Bull Run/ Manassas Forum I'm afraid I know a lot less about the second battle than the first and I guess that you already know that 2nd Bull Run was the 7th Wisconsin's first major battle despite being raised the previous year (though there it fought on both the 28th and the 30th August as part of John Gibbons 4th brigade (3 …

Mar 2, 2012 · Title: Derailed train, Manassas, Va. Creator(s): Russell, Andrew J., photographer Date Created/Published: [photographed between 1861 and 1865, printed later] Medium: 1 photographic print on card mount : gelatin silver. Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ppmsca-33484 (digital file from original item)...

Oct 19, 2020 · The First Battle of Bull Run, also known as the First Battle of Manassas, was the first major battle of the American Civil War and was a Confederate victory. Preview of file: Click the Orange "Download" button above to see the full file...

Aug 25, 2012 · 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.

Aug 26, 2007 · I was doing some research on Civil War Naval Artillery and stumbled upon an article that describes an interview with Capt. J.J. Peetz who apparently designed and supervised the construction of the CSS Manassas. In the article, it states that the Manassas was armed with two 68 pounders. One facing foward over the stem and the other facing aft.