VA-C34 First Battle of Manassas


Marker text: FIRST BATTLE OF MANASSAS

Henry Hill lies just to the south, here the Confederates repulsed the repeated attacks of the Union Army under McDowell, July 21, 1861. Here Jackson won the name "Stonewall" and from here began McDowell's retreat that ended at Washington.

Virginia State Library, 1961.

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