manassas battlefield park: Was He A Little Drummer Boy? - 06/27/11 07:11 AM
We moved to the Manassas, Virginia area in 1988. We currently reside in Bristow, a couple of miles to the southwest. This is an area rich in history.
My family has been in the Washington DC area a long time. One line arrived in 1737, others thereafter over the centuries.
One such line was the family of Thomas Wright of Bandon, County Cork, Ireland. Born in 1805, Thomas married Catherine Mason Baldwin, born in 1807. They were married in 1828 and had 7 children, all born in Ireland. A family record states, "in the process of time [they] came to the … (23 comments)
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manassas battlefield park: "There Stands Jackson Like A Stone Wall" - 06/27/10 08:22 AM
Colonel Thomas J. Jackson retired from the army (at 27 years of age) to become an instructor at the Virginia Military Institute. He was appointed a Brigadier General just before the Civil War, and was present at the execution of John Brown. He later became General Lee's favorite and most trusted lieutenant.
His motto which he adopted in his youth was, "You may be what you resolve to be."
He is seen here on his favorite horse, Little Sorrel. A horse named "Fancy" was given to him as a gift, and because of its sorrel, or chestnut, color, and small size … (16 comments)
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manassas battlefield park: Manassas Stone House - Wavy Glass - 05/29/10 06:42 AM
In Northern Virginia there are many places you can go to see old houses and buildings. One defining feature common to all is that some windows still contain original glass.
How can you tell? It is wavy or otherwise disturbed. Walking through Mount Vernon and Monticello, and other such historical sites, when looking out the windows, it is easy to see which panes are original and which have been replaced over the years.
Glass is made by melting sand (silica) and mixing it with some form of flux, like soda ash, to reduce the melting temperature. Then through an "annealing" process … (9 comments)
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manassas battlefield park: 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)
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manassas battlefield park: 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)
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manassas battlefield park: 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)
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