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	The First Battle of Manassas
		Through the battle itself and throughout the next year, the term Manassas continues to be used by the northern press.
		As it became obvious in July 1861 that a battle would soon be fought in Northern Virginia, speculation centered around the critical railroad junction at Manassas.
		The last of his troops arrived during the noon time lull and double quicked the six miles north to the battle field, arriving thirsty, but in time to outnumber the Union troops in the afternoon phase of the battle and turn the tide of victory.
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	Second Battle of Bull Run - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Second Battle of Bull Run, known as the Second Battle of Manassas in the South, was fought August 30, 1862, as the major battle in the Northern Virginia Campaign of the American Civil War.
		Maneuvering following the Battle of Cedar Mountain on August 9 brought the armies to positions across the Rappahannock River.
		With Pope's army approaching from the west, Jackson decided to destroy the remaining supplies in Manassas Junction and to withdraw his command northward during the night to the site of the previous year's battle of First Bull Run.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Second_Battle_of_Bull_Run (1044 words)

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		Ashby's regiment in battle of Manassas, 57, 85.
		Hunton, Colonel Eppa, at Leesburg, 40; in battle of Manassas, 79.
		Winchester, Virginia, 29, 30, 41, 44, 56, 57, 60, 61, 62, 208, 307, 332; battle of, 298, 303.
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	Manassas Online, Inc. - Serving the Northern Virginia area with web hosting and web page development
		Manassas became the seat of Prince William County in 1894, attesting to its growing significance in the area.
		The Manassas Museum, established in 1974, interprets the material culture of Manassas and the Northern Virginia Piedmont.
		The true origin of the name Manassas cannot be definitely established but several theories have been developed through the years in an attempt to explain the derivation of the town's name.
	www.manassasol.com /aboutmanassas.html (786 words)

	Battle of Manassas Gap - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		The Battle of Manassas Gap, also known as the Battle of Wapping Heights, took place on July 23, 1863, in Warren County, Virginia as part of the Gettysburg Campaign of the American Civil War.
		French, to cut off the retreating Confederate columns at Front Royal, Virginia, by forcing passage through Manassas Gap.
		Categories : Battles of the Gettysburg Campaign of the American Civil War
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Battle_of_Manassas_Gap (248 words)

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		This was the first major battle of the conflict, the First Battle of Manassas, where five thousand men lost their lives.
		The battle was not definitive, however, as the Union army remained a constant threat.
		The Second Battle of Manassas was four times larger than the first, with 120,000 men fighting for two and a half day.
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		The battle broke out on the grounds of the McLean Farm, on Route 28 near present-day Yorkshire Market, the home of Confederate sympathizer Wilmer McLean, who offered Beauregard use of his house as a headquarters for the battle that was fast approaching.
		Five thousand soldiers lost their lives in the First Battle of Manassas, the first major battle of the Civil War.
		The Second Battle of Manassas was four times larger than the first battle, with 120,000 men fighting for two and a half days.
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	Battle of Second Bull Run Conclusion (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The strong force of skirmishers betrayed the presence of a line of battle not far in rear, and ignoring the fire of the artillery, the Confederate batteries concentrated on the covert behind which they knew the enemy’s masses were forming for attack.
		The conviction that the battle was lost was no longer a signal for “the thinking bayonets” to make certain of their individual safety; and the regulars, for the second time on the same field, provided a strong nucleus of resistance.
		He was free to accept battle or refuse it, to attack or to defend, to select his own line of retreat, to move to any quarter of the compass that he pleased.
	www.sonofthesouth.net /leeFoundation/jackson/second-bull-run-end.html (9667 words)

	From Manassas to Appomattox
		Earlier in the afternoon he did send an order for renewed efforts of the right wing under his plan of parallel assault, but the troops had tested the lines in their first battle, and were not in condition for a third effort, at parallel battle.
		The battle, viewed from the stand-point of the Union losses, was the fifth greatest of the war, Gettysburg, Spottsylvania, the Wilderness, and Chancellorsville alone exceeding it, but each of these battles were of much longer time.
		These are only a few of the cases in which it was possible to compute percentages of casualties, the number of effectives taken into battle not having been mentioned, but they serve to illustrate the sanguinary severity of the fight and the heroism of the troops.
	www.wtj.com /archives/longstreet/long31b.htm (1469 words)

	Correspondence regarding Beauregard's Report of 1st Manassas (Davis, Cooper, Chesnut, Beauregard, Lee)
		Beauregard's report of the battle appeared in the press before the President had received a copy, and it touched off a stream of official correspondence when Davis objected strenuously to parts of it.
		SIR: Reports have been and are being widely circulated to the effect that I prevented General Beauregard from pursuing the enemy after the battle of Manassas, and had subsequently restrained him from advancing upon Washington City.
		I have not seen the report of General Beauregard of the battle of Manassas, and am unable to refer to his introductory statement to which you call my attention.
	www.swcivilwar.com /BeauregardvsDavis1stManassas.html (4267 words)

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		Assaults on Turner’s and Fox’s gaps were orchestrated by Burnside, overseen by McClellan at the former near the village of Bolivar.
		The Battle of South Mountain proper (i.e., Turner’s and Fox’s gaps) though styled a Union victory by McClellan, was in fact a tactical defeat for Union forces.
		In counterpoint, Crampton’s Gap was undeniably a Union victory, the sole undisputed success of the campaign, and in fact the first victory over any portion of Lee’s army thus far in the war.
	www.angelfire.com /va3/valleywar/battle/cramptons-gap.html (2067 words)

	Battleground Guards Co. F, 48th GA Regiment (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		MEEKS, BENNETT E. - Born in Emanuel County on October 22, 1843, son of Spencer and Elizabeth Meeks, enlisted on March 4, 1862, captured at Petersburg, Va. on April 8, 1865 or at Appomattox, Va. on April 9, 1865 as per county record.
		POWELL, ROBERT L. - Enlisted on March 4, 1862, captured in 1864, released in 1865, died in Johnson County on Oct. 17, 1895.
		RINER, AMOS J. - Born in Emanuel County in Aug. 1834, enlisted on March 4, 1862, wounded at Gettysburg, Pa. on July 2, 1863, sent to Jackson Hospital in Richmond, Va. on Jan.
	www.5thgacavalry.info /johnson/cof48.htm (4977 words)

	Prince William County Virginia History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		The battle broke out on the grounds of the McLean Farm, on Route 28 near present-day Yorkshire Market, the home of Confederate sympathizer Wilmer McLean, who offered Beauregard use of his house as a headquarters for the battle that was fast approaching.
		The Second Battle of Manassas was four times larger than the first battle, with 120,000 men fighting for two and a half days.
		According to legend, the name Manassas was derived from an Indian source or from Manasseh, a Jewish innkeeper at Manassas Gap.
	www.princewilliamcounty.com /16/history.asp (1714 words)

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		In October he covered the rear of Meade's army during a retrograde movement; was in an endless number of small engagements; assigned to command the cavalry of the Army of the Cumberland.
		Before assuming command he was taken ill, suffering from an old wound received at the second battle of Manassas, and worn out with three years' constant and arduous service, he died at Washington, District of Columbia, December 16,1863, the date of his commission as major-general, which he received before his death.
		A bronze statue of him was also erected July 1, 1895, near the town of Gettysburg, on the spot where he fired the first gun of the battle.
	www.afn.org /~rbuford/page12.html (541 words)

	Union - New Jersey Infantry (Part 1)
		Battles of Gaines Mill June 27; Charles City Cross Roads and Glendale June 30; Malvern Hill July 1.
		Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7; Spotsylvania May 8-12; Spotsylvania Court House May 12-21.
		Battle of Cedar Creek October 19, Duty in the Shenandoah Valley until December.
	www.civilwararchive.com /Unreghst/unnjinf1.htm (2024 words)

	American Civil War History Guide .. The History Beat
		A near-immediate march by Union troops on the Confederate capital of Richmond, Virginia, was halted in the battle of First Bull Run, whereupon they were forced back to Washington, DC by Confederate troops under the command of Generals P.G.T. Beauregard and Joseph E. Johnston.
		Union forces in the East faced stalemate at the battle of the Wilderness and took large numbers of casualties at Spotsylvania and Cold Harbor but Grant was tenacious and kept pressing the Army of Northern Virginia under the command of Robert E. Lee.
		A naval battle between the USS Monitor and the CSS Virginia was the first battle in history between steam-powered, iron-armored ships with shell-firing guns.
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	Battle Summary: Manassas Gap, VA
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		French to cut off the retreating Confederate columns at Front Royal by forcing passage through Manassas Gap.
		About 4:30 pm, a strong Union attack drove Walker’s men until they were reinforced by Rodes’s division and artillery.
	www.cr.nps.gov /hps/abpp/battles/va108.htm (166 words)

	Union - Wisconsin Infantry (Part 1)
		Battle of Stone's River December 30-31, 1862, and January 1-3, 1863.
		Battles of South Mountain, Md., September 14, and Antietam, Md., September 16-17.
		Battles of the Wilderness May 5-7; Laurel Hill May 8; Spotsylvania May 8-12; Spotsylvania Court House May 12-21.
	www.civilwararchive.com /Unreghst/unwiinf1.htm (4068 words)

	The Roads Home to Florida: The Battle of Second Manassas (Second Bull Run) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Line of battle was at once formed, and two brigades of A. Hill's division (those of Branch and Field, under Colonel Brockenbrough) were thrown forward to attack the enemy and ascertain his strength and position.
		General D. Jones' division was placed upon the Manassas Gap Railroad to the right and en echelon with regard to the three last brigades.
		Toombs, at Manassas Plains, in his gallant defense of the bridge at Antietam, and in his vigorous charge against the enemy's flank; he was severely wounded at the close of the engagement.
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	Prince William County History
		In both the First and Second Battles of Manassas, the Ben Lomond Manor House was used as a hospital by soldiers from both sides.
		According to legend, the name Manassas was derived from an Indian source or from Manasseh, a Jewish innkeeper at Manassas Gap.
		Located to the northeast of Manassas, Manassas Park began in 1955 as a county subdivision.
	princewilliamcounty.com /misc/history.asp (1714 words)

	Chickamauga (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Union troops were moved from one area on the front to fill in the supposed gap, but instead it created a gap for the Confederate forces to exploit.
		He led Lee's I Corps at Fredericksburg and saw the bloodiest battle at Gettysburg where he was criticized for his procrastination.
		Longstreet was wounded by his own men at the Battle of the Wilderness in May, 1864, and was out of action until October that same year.
	www.collectorsnet.com /cwtimes/chickama.htm (748 words)

	Battle of Manassas site photos (1st and 2nd)
		Sudley Road (wartime Manassas - Sudley Road) is in the background.
		These cuts and fills are what remain of the Independent Line of the Manassas Gap Railroad.
		The Independent Line was constructed in the mid-1850's to connect Gainesville, 5 miles to the west, with Alexandria, 25 miles to the east.
	www.civilwaralbum.com /misc/manassas7.htm (261 words)

	Battle Civil War Manassas - AncestorNews.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Battle names appearing in blue denote a Union victory; butternut Malvern Hill (va021) Manassas I (va005) Manassas II (va026) Manassas Gap (va108.
		The American Civil War Battlefield Park--The American Civil War's Battles of First and Second Manassas (also called The first major battle of the Civil War was fought at the Manassas railway junction near.
		The Battle of 2nd Bull Run (2nd Manassas) Official Records and Battle Description The Battle of 2nd Manassas.
	www.ancestornews.com /family-tree/battle_civil_war_manassas.html (566 words)

	Manassas Gap (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		In the pursuit of Lee after the battle of Gettysburg, this brigade was detached from its divi- sion at Rectortown with orders to occupy Manassas gap.
		On the 21st the gap was taken and the summit held while the 1st U. cavalry pushed on toward Front Royal and engaged the enemy in superior numbers.
		The 5th and 2nd U. cavalry were sent to reinforce the 1st and in the skirmish which followed 27 of the enemy were captured.
	members.evansville.net /tlconner/manassasgap.htm (106 words)

	Civil War: First Bull Run (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		Moreover, my enterprising, intelligent pickets were watchfully kept in the closest possible proximity to General McDowell's headquarters, and, by a stroke of good fortune on the fourth of July, happened upon and captured a sergeant and soldier of the regulars, who were leisurely riding for recreation not far outside their lines.
		G of the words "Order issued for McDowell to march upon Manassas to-night," my agent was placed in communication with another friend, who carried him in a buggy with a relay of horses as swiftly as possible down the eastern shore of the Potomac to our regular ferry across that river.
		Reorganizing our line of battle under the unremitting fire of the Federal batteries opposite, I prepared to meet the new attack which the enemy were about to make, largely reënforced by the fresh troops of Howard's brigade, newly arrived on the field.
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	List of American Civil War battles
		Battle of Charleston Harbor II Battle of Fort Sumter I
		Battle of Chattanooga II Battle of Chattanooga III
		Battle of Kernstown II Battle of Lewis's Farm
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	Beverly Mill (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-26)
		On August 28, l862 the Battle of Thoroughfare Gap took place in and around the mill.
		Northern troops tried to prevent Generals Lee and Longstreet from marching through the Gap, from the west, to join other Confederate forces gathering for the Second Battle of Manassas.
		Their failure to stop the Confederates, directly contributed to the southern victory of The Second Battle of Manassas.
	www.engineering.usu.edu /ece/faculty/wheeler/mills/va01.html (167 words)

	First Battle of Bull Run
		Bull Run, FIRST BATTLE OF The gathering of Confederate troops at MANASSAS JUNCTION required prompt and vigorous movements for the defense of Washington, D. Beauregard was there with the main Confederate army, and Gen. J.
		Johnston was at Winchester, in the Shenandoah Valley, with a large body of troops, with which he might reinforce the former.
		While the streets of Richmond were populous with prisoners from the vanquished army, and eager volunteers were pressing forward towards the camps of the victors at Manassas, the streets of Washington were crowded with a discomfited and disheartened soldiery, without leaders and without organization—the personification of the crushed hopes of the loyal people.
	www.sonofthesouth.net /leefoundation/battle-bull-run.htm (1593 words)

	Manassas -- Encyclopædia Britannica
		Two battles of the Civil War were fought in northern Virginia near a small river called Bull Run and a town called Manassas Junction.
		Having served in the Black Hawk, Seminole, and Mexican wars with distinguished gallantry, Joseph Eggleston Johnston proved to be one of the Confederacy's most effective...
		Includes details of the First and Second battles of Manassas (also called Bull Run), documents, an events calendar, descriptions of group educational programs, online versions of museum exhibits, and related links.
	www.britannica.com /eb/article?tocId=9050443 (580 words)

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