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historical properties: Manassas Stone House - The Red Flag - 05/23/10 06:51 AM

Driving by the Stone House on the Manassas Battlefield I noticed the red flag was hoisted!  It is not out there all the time and when it is one must take advantage.
That means that the house is open to the public.  I am the public, so I went inside.
This house was occupied as a private residence as recently as the 1930's.  There were other outbuildings around it, many rented out as local side-of-the-road motel rooms.  The Stone House had a big front porch (since removed when restored) and was not very well kept.
The restoration made the inside … (43 comments)

historical properties: Bull Run Creek, Manassas Battlefield Park - 05/04/10 03:40 PM
In the summer of 1861, as the Civil War was beginning, both the South and the Union were confident that each would win a quick victory. Anticipating a long war, General Winfield Scott had proposed what he called the Anaconda Plan, which had three objectives:
1. To surround the south, blockading its ports and starving it for supplies it could not produce for itself.
2. Send forces up and down the Mississippi River to split the enemy and occupy strategic cities.
3. Capture Richmond.
Scott envisioned a great anaconda snake surrounding and slowly squeezing the South into submission and defeat. This … (5 comments)

historical properties: Stone Bridge, Manassas Battlefield Park - 04/10/10 12:44 PM
A popular and interesting remain of the two Civil War battles in Manassas, Virginia is the Stone Bridge.  It had an interesting role in both of the battles, although on the edge of the battlefield.
 
 
Perhaps hard to see, the bridge is located on the right of the map seen here, with the bold black line.
The Old Stone House, featured in a previous post, is just to the left of the bold black line, at the intersection about in the middle of the map.  The road connecting the two landmarks was then called the Warrenton Turnpike.
Interestingly, and … (13 comments)

historical properties: Manassas Stone House, Then And Now - 04/03/10 06:51 AM
Nearly every day on my way home I pass through the Manassas Battlefield Park.  I had two relatives fight in those battles.  One was a 13 year old drummer boy with romantic ideas who ran away from his home in Upper Marlboro Maryland to follow his elder brother into the war.  That is an interesting family story in itself.  The elder brother survived the war.  The drummer boy did not survive the Second Battle of Manassas and is buried somewhere on the battlefield.
A prominent memorial feature of both battles is the old Stone House.  It was located right in the … (11 comments)

 
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