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The battle has begun to preserve the Manassas Gap Railroad

March 20, 2024the Civil War during its sesquicentennialKevin Walker, Manassas Gap Railroad, Shenandoah Valley Battlefields Foundation

By Brian Swartz

A battle’s brewing in Virginia over preserving 450 acres of historic land directly tied to the Civil War’s first major battle in 1861, Thomas “Stonewall” Jackson, and Phil Sheridan. And Maine soldiers certainly crossed this land during the war, the earliest units being the 1st Maine Cavalry Regiment and the 10th Maine Infantry Regiment in […]

The 2nd Maine Infantry charges onto Henry House Hill at Manassas

March 27, 2012the Civil War during its sesquicentennial2nd Maine Infantry, 2nd Maine Infantry Regiment, 5th Virginia Infantry, Abraham Lincoln, Bangor, Benjamin Smart, Brian Swartz, Bull Run, California Flag, Charles Jameson, Connecticut, Daniel Tyler, Erasmus Keyes, flag, Henry House, Henry House Hill, Irvin McDowell, James Mundy, James Robinson, John F. Mines, Maine, Manassas, Manassas Gap Railroad, Manassas National Battlefield Park, Matthews Hill, Robinson House, San Francisco, Stone Bridge, Stone House, Thomas J. Jackson, Warrenton Pike, William Deane

By Brian Swartz

The importance of the battle fought at Manassas, Va. on July 21, 1861 cannot be over-emphasized.Two amateur armies – with the South’s better led and the North’s better equipped – fought a daylong battle across the rolling terrain that borders the Warrenton Pike north of Manassas. The amateur soldiers fought in stifling heat […]

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The battle has begun to preserve the Manassas Gap Railroad

The 2nd Maine Infantry charges onto Henry House Hill at Manassas

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