Virginia, Wartime Manassas Walking Tour Historical Markers

By Craig Swain, September 2, 2007

Front of Manassas Museum - Two Civil War Trails Markers

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1 ► Virginia, Manassas — The Manassas Museum — Defending the Junction — First and Second Manassas Campaigns — Reported permanently removed

During the 1850s two railroad lines, the Orange & Alexandria and the Manassas Gap, intersected at a small Prince William County village that became known as Manassas Junction. In 1861 more than 20,000 Confederate troops from across the South . . . — — Map (db m41506) HM

2 ► Virginia, Manassas — Wartime Manassas — Prelude to First Manassas —

(Preface): 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 supply depot and for military . . . — — Map (db m2453) HM

3 ► Virginia, Manassas — Wartime Manassas — World’s First Military Railroad —

(Preface): 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 Confederacy as a supply depot and for military . . . — — Map (db m2459) HM

4 ► Virginia, Manassas — Wartime Manassas — “Fortifications of Immense Strength” —

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 supply depot and for military transportation. . . . — — Map (db m2463) HM

5 ► Virginia, Manassas — Wartime Manassas — “On to Richmond!” —

(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 supply depot and for military transportation. . . . — — Map (db m2464) HM

6 ► Virginia, Manassas — Wartime Manassas — Jackson’s Daring Raid —

(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 supply depot and for military transportation. . . . — — Map (db m2465) HM

7 ► Virginia, Manassas — Wartime Manassas — The Curious Descend on Manassas for Curios —

(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 supply depot and for military transportation. . . . — — Map (db m2466) HM

8 ► Virginia, Manassas — Wartime Manassas — “The Sickness is Upon Us” — Reported permanently removed

(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 supply depot and for military transportation. . . . — — Map (db m2467) HM

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9 ► Virginia, Manassas — Wartime Manassas — Confederates Withdraw to Richmond —

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 supply depot and for military transportation. . . . — — Map (db m2468) HM

10 ► Virginia, Manassas — Wartime Manassas — Walking and Driving Tours — Reported permanently removed

The Manassas Museum System invites you to take walking and driving tours of the city’s historic Civil War sites. This map shows the locations of the sites featured on both tours. Copies of the map may be obtained inside the museum to take with you. . . . — — Map (db m155245) HM