Manassas History Weekend is this Friday through Sunday at the Manassas Museum and at Liberia House. Come see the Freedom Museum and a lot of great history in action. FreedomMuseum | City of Manassas, VA - Government

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Come out to the park this weekend for our living history demonstrations. Call the visitor center for scheduled times! | Manassas National Battlefield Park

#OTD in 1862, Lt .Gen. James Longstreet's 28,000 man wing of the Army of Northern Virginia moved through Thoroughfare Gap in the Bull Run Mountains. They were following the path that Stonewall Jackson's men had taken just days earlier in an effort to flank Pope and draw him away from the Rappahannock River. Longstreet's goal was to rendezvous with Jackson, bringing the two wings of Gen. Lee's army back together. On his way through the gap, Gen. Longstreet encountered 5,000 men serving under Unio

American Civil War: Union and Confederate Armies Move Toward Manassas #history #Union #Confederate July 21, 1861 — The First Battle of Bull Run, or Manassas, marked the first major clash of the American Civil War. Both sides expected a short, glorious fight. Instead, they met a brutal awakening on the rolling fields of Virginia. This animated battle map traces the battle hour by hour — from the early Union advance under Brig. Gen. Irvin McDowell to the Confederate counterattack led by Brig. Gen.

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