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Bookmark or Share- 2nd Manassas - "Yesterday would have been ridiculous, if not so sad ...Phil Kearny wrote this to his wife after Second Manassas and gave her his views of the battle. He would be killed at Chantilly the next day. Dearest Love, I wrote you yesterday morning. Since then there has been a sort of Bull Run episode. It is dangerous work to fight in this army; you have...
- First Bull Run - Medal of Honor Winner at 1st Manassas | First Bull Run ...If it helps your search any, I can tell you that, although the movie referred to the battle as 1st Manassas, the citation associated with the medal calls the battle by the name by which the Union referred to it, i.e., Bull Run, rather than Manassas.
- Groveton Confederate Cemetery (Manassas, VA) | Places to Visit - Stones ...Located on the Manassas National Battlefield, this cemetery contains the remains of Confederate soldiers from the First and Second Battles of Manassas. LANDMARK DETAILS. Battlefield: Manassas National Battlefield Park, Manassas, VA; Location: Lee Highway, U.S. 29, east of Groveton Road / Featherbed Lane; Map Coordinates: +38° 48' 50", -77° 32 ...
- Names of Battles | Questions? Ask Here! No Stone Left Unturned!Guess any widespread preference for 'Bull Run' over 'Manassas', 'Shiloh' over 'Pittsburgh Landing', etc., might give some credence to that commonly applied quote (supposedly attributed to Winston Churchill), ...'History is written by the Victors.'... - meaning, written history (including battle names), is framed according to the prejudices and ...
- CSS Manassas, Up and Down the Mississippi – TwiceOn 20th January 1862, Flag-Officer Hollins was writing to Lt Warley – commanding the Manassas – both of them apparently at New Orleans (ORN Ser I Vol 16, 730a). Manassas was not to stay in the New Orleans area, however. On 12th February 1862, Major-General Lovell at New Orleans wrote that he had given gunpowder to Commodore Hollins 'to go ...
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