| Virginia (Prince William County), Manassas — Henry Hill Walking Tour — Retracing the Battle — First Battle of Manassas |
| | On the tour route you follow in the footsteps of charging Union and Confederate troops, and stand where they loaded cannon or braced for a bayonet assault. Terrain and tree lines have changed little since that day. As you walk imagine deafening cannon and musket fire, whizzing shell fragments, and smoke rolling like acrid fog across the slope. Some of the bloodiest fighting occurred at Ricketts' artillery, twenty yards ahead. — Map (db m8270) |
| Virginia (Prince William County), Manassas — The Fight for Rickett’s Guns — First Battle of Manassas |
| | Shells were exploding overhead as Ricketts’ men dueled Stonewall Jackson’s artillery, directly across the field. Sharpshooters’ bullets thumped into the wooden limber chests. On the rear slope horses were screaming, dying. Suddenly from the far woods came an eerie, blood-chilling cry—the rebel yell. Through dense smoke, Ricketts could see Confederate infantry starting across the field. Up to that moment the Confederates appeared to be loosing the battle, and possibly the war. Here the . . . — Map (db m897) |
| Virginia (Prince William County), Manassas — Colonel Cameron |
| | of the 79th New York Regiment was killed here on July 21, 1861. Battle of First Manassas (Bull Run) — Map (db m8231) |
| Virginia (Prince William County), Manassas — Wade Hampton |
| | of South Carolina was wounded here on July 21, 1861. Battle of First Manassas (Bull Run) — Map (db m8233) |
| Virginia (Prince William County), Manassas — Lieutenant Ramsey |
| | of Ricketts' Battery was killed here July 21, 1861. Battle of First Manassas (Bull Run) — Map (db m8234) |
| Virginia (Prince William County), Manassas — 7th Georgia Markers |
| | Sometime after 1903, veterans of the 7th Georgia Infantry erected at least six markers on the Manassas battlefield to locate battle positions. Only this marker and one other approximately 350 yards southeast of here survive. Colonel Francis S. Bartow was killed while leading the 7th Georgia against Captain James B. Ricketts' battery. During the battle the 7th Georgia suffered 153 casualties out of 580 men present. — Map (db m8236) |
| Virginia (Prince William County), Manassas — Invaded Farmland — First Battle of Manassas |
| | The morning of the battle was hot and still. Except for a few details the scene mirrored today's pastoral landscape. Fields lay fallow, overgrown with tall grass. Around the Henry House grew rose bushes and a small peach orchard. Eighty-five-year-old Judith Henry was inside, bedridden, too old to work the farm that had been in her family for more than a century. At ten o’clock Confederate cannon suddenly rumbled into position on the rise 100 yards ahead. There artillerists turned their guns towards Matthews Hill. — Map (db m879) |
| Virginia (Prince William County), Manassas — Honoring the Dead — First Battle of Manassas |
| | Union Soldiers built Henry Hill Monument to commemorate those who died at First Bull Run (Masassas). For many Civil War veterans this had been their first battle. Intense memories drew both Union and Confederate soldiers back to this scene years after the war. — Map (db m592) |
| Virginia (Prince William County), Manassas — The Grave of Our Dear Mother, Judith Henry |
| | Killed near this spot by the explosion of shells in her dwelling during the Battle of the 21st of July, 1861. When killed she was in her 85th year and confined to her bed by the infirmities of age.
Her husband Dr. Isaac Henry was a Surgeon in the United States Navy on board the frigate Constellation, Commanded by Com. Truxton, one of the six Captains appointed by Washington in the organization of the Navy, 1794.
Our Mother through her long life, thirty five years of which were spent at . . . — Map (db m610) |
| Virginia (Prince William County), Manassas — Attack From Matthews Hill — Cannoneer's-Eye View — First Battle of Manassas |
| | From the ridge beyond Stone House 15,000 Federals were swiftly advancing in this direction. Confederate Capt. John Imboden rushed four cannon into position here, to try to slow the Federal attack. Behind this slight rise the artillerists had some protection from enemy bombardment. Though the smoke and dust, Imboden's men could see outnumbered Confederate infantry starting to fall back from Matthews Hill. The connoneers kept firing at top speed, knowing it would take massive reinforcements to . . . — Map (db m8229) |
| Virginia (Prince William County), Manassas — Outnumbered — The Stand in Robinson’s Lane — First Battle of Manassas |
| | Shot-up Confederate regiments stumbled past, in retreat from Matthews Hill. First along Warrenton Pike, then in Robinson’s Lane, Col. Wade Hampton’s South Carolinians tried to delay the Union advance. Slowly, with volley after volley of musket fire, the Union wave forced Hampton’s Legion back past Robinson House toward the pine woods. At this point the Confederate Army seems on the brink of defeat. — Map (db m899) |
| Virginia (Prince William County), Manassas — Robinson House — First Battle of Manassas |
| | The home of James Robinson—a freed slave—stood here at the time of the battle. That morning hundreds of Confederates streamed through the yard as they retreated from the Union attach. Surprisingly, the property suffered little damage in the first battle, but Union troops sacked the house and fields during Second Manassas. For these damages Congress awarded Robinson $1,249 by Private Act of March 3, 1873. — Map (db m5615) |
| Virginia (Prince William County), Manassas — Confederates Rally — First Battle of Manassas |
| | This field was a scene of confusion. Shells were exploding all around. Hot, tired, shot-up during the retreat from Matthews Hill, Confederate units had fallen out of line and were milling about. They felt they'd lost the battle and maybe the war. At that moment Generals Johnston and Beauregard arrived on the field to rally the scattered regiments, and the Confederate line began to re-form. Out of the woods behind you filed fresh reinforcements - Thomas J. Jackson's Virginia infantry. There at that line of cannon Jackson stood firm. — Map (db m8206) |
| Virginia (Prince William County), Manassas — "...Like a Stone Wall" — First Battle of Manassas |
| | On the brow of the hill Brig. Gen. Bernard Bee was desperately trying to rally his men when he caught sight of Thomas J. Jackson with fresh troops here at the edge of the pine thicket. "Look!" Bee shouted. "There stands Jackson like a stone wall! Rally behind the Virginians!" The nickname spread rapidly through the Confederate Army and throughout the South. "Stonewall" Jackson was on his way to becoming a legend. Jackson's Line You are standing in the center of Stonewall Jackson's line . . . — Map (db m8304) |
| Virginia (Prince William County), Manassas — Historic Farm Road Trace — First Battle of Manassas |
| | Brig. Gen. Thomas J. Jackson's First Virginia Brigade, plus artillery, marched from Confederate headquarters at the Lewis House ("Portici") along this wagon path to Henry Hill, arriving here about noon. — Map (db m8299) |
| Virginia (Prince William County), Manassas — Various Sections of Virginia Artillery — First Battle of Manassas |
| | July 21, 1861 2:00 p.m. Army of the Potomac (Beauregard) and Army of the Shenandoah (Johnston), CSA Loudoun Artillery Capt. Arthur L. Rogers Wise Artillery Capt. Ephraim G. Alburtis Rockbridge Artillery Capt. William N. Pendleton Staunton Artillery Capt. John D. Imboden Thomas Artillery Capt. Philip B. Stanard "The ground occupied by our guns was an open space just at the eastern verge of the plateau. Here thirteen pieces, mostly 6-pounders, were maintained in action alternating . . . — Map (db m8302) |
| Virginia (Prince William County), Manassas — Washington (Louisiana) Artillery Battalion — First Battle of Manassas |
| | July 21, 1861 2:00 p.m. Army of the Potomac (Beauregard), CSA Washington (Louisiana) Artillery Battalion Maj. John B. Walton Three 6-pounder Smoothbores Two 6-pounder Rifled Guns. “We advanced by hand to the front until finally the battery was upon the crown of the hill, entirely exposed to the view of their artillery and infantry. At this moment their fire fell like hail around us. Notwithstanding, my guns were as rapidly and beautifully served by the cannoneers, with as much . . . — Map (db m805) |
| Virginia (Prince William County), Manassas — Thomas Jonathan Jackson |
| | (Front Face): Thomas Jonathan Jackson 1824 1863
(Right Face): First Battle of Manassas July 21, 1861. (Left Face): There Stands Jackson Like a Stonewall (Rear Face): ** Erected by ** The State of Virginia Under Act of 1938 Governors George C. Peery James H. Price Sponsors John W. Rust Henry T. Wickham Aubrey G. Weaver — Map (db m541) |
| Virginia (Prince William County), Manassas — General Barnard Elliott Bee |
| | General Barnard Elliott Bee of South Carolina Commander, Third Brigade Army of the Shenandoah was killed here July 21, 1861 Just before his death to rally his scattered troops he gave this command “Form. form. There stands Jackson like a stone wall: Rally behind the Virginians.” Presented by The Mary Taliaferro Thompson Southern Memorial Assn. of Washington, D.C. - July 21, 1939. (Rear of Monument): Lucy Steele Clay Chairman Alice Boswell Morrison Julia Neason Streater . . . — Map (db m540) |
| Virginia (Prince William County), Manassas — Brigadier General Francis Stebbings Bartow |
| | Born Savannah Georgia, Sept. 16, 1816 Mortally wounded on this spot, July 21, 1861 Commanded 7th, 8th, 9th & 11th Georgia & 1st Kentucky Regiments The first Confederate officer to give his life on the field. — Map (db m593) |
| Virginia (Prince William County), Manassas — Colonel Thomas |
| | of Johnston's staff was killed here July 21, 1861. Battle of First Manassas (Bull Run) — Map (db m8238) |
| Virginia (Prince William County), Manassas — Lieutenant William P. Mangum |
| | of the 6th North Carolina, son of Senator Mangum was mortally wounded here on July 21, 1861. — Map (db m8239) |
| Virginia (Prince William County), Manassas — Charge on Griffin’s Guns — Raw Recruits: The 33rd Va. Infantry — First Battle of Manassas |
| | The Virginians were waiting, tense, here at the wood’s edge—their first time under bombardment. Shells from Ricketts’ battery exploded in the boughs overhead and plowed up the ground in front. When the two Union cannon rolled into position on top of the rise only 100 yards away, Col. A. C. Cummings gave the order to charge. Better to get the men moving, the colonel figured, before they panicked and before the Union guns could do more damage. You are about to follow in the footsteps of . . . — Map (db m895) |
| Virginia (Prince William County), Manassas — Point-Blank Volley — An Officer’s Error? — First Battle of Manassas |
| | In clear view of artillerymen here, Confederates lined up at the fence and trees across the open field. The two cannon and supporting infantry could have stopped the Rebels cold, yet the four hundred charging Virginians were able to fire a musket volley at such close range that they virtually wiped out the Union gun crews. Congressional inquiries failed to clear up the mystery: how did the Confederates manage to get that close? Though the 33rd Virginia captured these guns, the battle was far . . . — Map (db m881) |
| Virginia (Prince William County), Manassas — Counterattack — First Battle of Manassas |
| | Dead cannoneers lay in rows between their cannon, dead horses along the back slope; the Union guns were immobilized yet still a magnet for both armies. Up this slope marched the 14th Brooklyn, resplendent in Zouave uniforms. They managed to recapture Griffin’s two guns—for a few moments. From here to Ricketts’ cannon (the start of the walking tour) the fighting fell into a bloody, seesaw pattern: Confederates capturing the line or artillery, Federals driving them off, then reinforcements . . . — Map (db m896) |
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