On Chain Bridge Road (Virginia Route 123) at North Street (Virginia Route 236), on the right when traveling south on Chain Bridge Road.
The home was built on top of the Manassas Gap Railway right-of-way which was the railway started before the Civil War. This railway construction was disbanded during the Civil War. The house was renovated in 1992 by Dr. Johnson A. Edosomwan. — — Map (db m6296) HM
On Judicial Drive, on the left when traveling south.
Cuts and fills of the Independent Line of the Manassas Gap Railroad are visible along this line and at various places through Fairfax County to Sudley Ford on Bull Run. Running north of the Little River Turnpike from Annandale and along North Street . . . — — Map (db m132720) HM
On Little River Turnpike (Virginia Route 236) at Hillbrook Drive, on the right when traveling east on Little River Turnpike.
The roadbed for the unfinished Manassas Gap Railroad was located in this immediate area and crossed Indian Run creek in Poe Terrace Park. The stone bridge abutments are still visible. Financial problems caused work to stop on the railroad in 1857, . . . — — Map (db m33512) HM
The roadbed of the Independent Line of the Manassas Gap Railroad ran through this area. Conceived to extend the Manassas Gap Railroad from Gainesville to Alexandria, grading on this part of the line began in September 1854. The nearby stone bridge . . . — — Map (db m655) HM
Near Historic Sully Way, 0.8 miles south of Air and Space Museum Parkway, on the left when traveling south.
In 1851, the Haight family of Sully and other neighbors were looking forward to the railroad coming to the western part of Fairfax County. With the proposed railroad close by, they could have quickly moved their farm products at the port town of . . . — — Map (db m198302) HM
Near Shirley Gate Road (Virginia Route 655) south of U.S. 29, on the left when traveling south.
The Independent Line of the Manassas Gap Railroad ran through this area. Conceived to extend the Manassas Gap Railroad to Alexandria, grading on this part of the line began in September 1854. Financial problems stopped the work in May 1857. In . . . — — Map (db m528) HM
On Rokeby Road (County Route 623) at Winchester Road (U.S. 17), on the right when traveling east on Rokeby Road.
On July 19, 1861 Stonewall Jackson’s brigade of General Joseph E. Johnston’s corps marched to this station from Winchester. They crowded into freight and cattle cars and travelled to the 1st Battle of Manassas. The use of a railroad to carry more . . . — — Map (db m642) HM
On Delaplane Grade Road at Winchester Road (U.S. 17), on the left when traveling east on Delaplane Grade Road.
Here at Piedmont Station (now Delaplane) trains were used for
the first time in history to move troops to impending battle.
On July 19, 1861 the fields surrounding this stop on the
Manassas Gap Railroad—which appeared then almost exactly . . . — — Map (db m41648) HM
On Maidstone Road, on the left when traveling west.
On November 5, 1862, several weeks after a tainted victory at Antietam, the Army of the Potomac's Commander-in-Chief Gen. George Brinton McClellan established his headquarters here. That same day President Abraham Lincoln wrote the orders relieving . . . — — Map (db m1173) HM
On Sands Road (County Route 709) at Manassas Gap Court, on the right when traveling east on Sands Road.
The Virginia General Assembly approved plans for the Loudoun Branch (parts of which survive here) of the Manassas Gap Railroad on 8 March 1853, and construction soon began. The route extended 27 miles from just southwest of Chantilly on the main . . . — — Map (db m7278) HM
On Battery Heights Boulevard south of Quarry Road, on the right when traveling north.
You are standing at the base of Mayfield Fort, one of twelve earthwork defenses constructed in this area by the Confederate Army. Built to protect the junction of the Orange and Alexandria and Manassas Gap Railroads, this fort is the only one . . . — — Map (db m213671) HM
On Battle Street south of Center Street, on the right when traveling south.
One mile west was the junction of the Orange and Alexandria and Manassas Gap Railroad lines. The point became known as Manassas Junction. During the Civil War both sides used the area as a supply base. The site of the first depot was probably about . . . — — Map (db m700) HM
On West Street south of Center Street, on the left when traveling south.
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
On West Street at the railroad tracks, on the right when traveling south on West Street.
(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
On Prince William Street at Wellington Road, on the left when traveling west on Prince William Street.
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 m143093) HM
Near Battery Heights Boulevard south of Quarry Road, on the right when traveling north.
On May 8, 1861 General Robert E. Lee, then commanding Virginia forces, ordered General Phillip Cocke to take units from across central and northern Virginia to build camps and begin training at Tudor Hall (Manassas Junction). Two important rail . . . — — Map (db m213674) HM
On Sudley Road (Virginia Route 234) south of Featherbed Lane.
These cuts and fills are what remain of the Independent Line of the Manassas Gap Railroad. The Independent Line was constructed in the mid-1850s to connect Gainesville, 5 miles to the west, with Alexandria, 25 miles to the east. After completing the . . . — — Map (db m658) HM
On Lee Avenue just south of Grant Avenue (Business Virginia Route 234), on the right when traveling south.
The city of Manassas originated in 1852 at the junction of the Manassas Gap and the Orange & Alexandria railroads. During the Civil War the junction’s strategic significance led to two important battles nearby. After the war, as the community grew, . . . — — Map (db m778) HM
Near Featherbed Lane (continuation of Groveton Road) (County Route 622) 0.5 miles north of Lee Highway (formerly the Warrenton Turnpike) (U.S. 29).
Yankees were pinned down on the far side of the embankment, only ten yards away. After twenty minutes of continuous shooting, Confederates here were running out of ammunition. Frantically, they searched their dead and wounded comrades for . . . — — Map (db m903) HM
Near Featherbed Lane (Groveton-Sudley Road) at General Trimbles Lane (a private road).
From the woods ahead came the sound of many men approaching. Out of a fog of musket smoke the enemy appeared, charging with fixed bayonets straight at this position.
You are standing behind the Unfinished Railroad, Confederate General Stonewall . . . — — Map (db m659) HM
On Featherbed Lane at General Trimbles Lane (a private road), on the left when traveling south on Featherbed Lane.
Stonewall Jackson set up his defensive line along a two mile section of these cuts and fills, which were originally grading for the Independent Line of the Manassas Gap Railroad. The railroad, begun in the 1850’s, ran out of money after the roadbed . . . — — Map (db m663) HM
On East King Street (Virginia Route 55) 0.1 miles east of Acton Place, on the right when traveling east.
The railroad tracks before you follow the route of the Manassas Gap Railroad, which reached Strasburg from Washington, D.C., in 1854. The line was a vital link between the Shenandoah Valley and eastern markets. Strasburg became strategically . . . — — Map (db m2323) HM