Manassas National Battlefield

Memorial Day 2001

The first shoots of the Cicil War were heard at Manassas On July 20, 1861.

Looking down the barrel of this union cannon at confederate positions during the early hours of the fith at Henry's Hill

At the height of this early battle, General Bee attempting to hold his green confederate troops on the line points to General Jackson and

shouts " Thers Stands Jackson like a stone wall.......Rally behind the Virginians "

And from that day forward he was known as "Stonewall Jackson"

Jackson famous pose was on this spot in July 1861.

A view from Jacksons position toward Henry's Hill, Inside that little white frame house lies a bed bound

Mrs. Judith Caeter Henry, She is the first civilian to be killed in the Cicil War. She will not be the last...

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