First Battle of Manassas

First Battle of Manassas is a Virginia historical marker in Prince William County, dedicated 1931.

Rte. 29 (Lee Highway), at Rte. 234 (Sudley Road) in Stone House parking lot

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On the Matthews Hill, just to the north, the Confederates replused the attack of the Unionists, coming from the north, in the forenoon of July 21, 1861. The Union force, reinforced, drove the Confederates to the Henry Hill, just to the south. There the latter reformed under cover of Stonewall Jackson. In the afternoon, McDowell vainly attempted to rally his retreating troops on the Matthews Hill after they had been driven down the Henry Hill. Note that the first sentence of the marker is incorrect, and should read: On the Matthews Hill, just to the north, the Confederates repulsed the attack of the Unionists, coming from the north, in the forenoon of July 21, 1861.

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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1857 · Delaware And Maryland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1859 · Virginia (Herman Boye, 1859) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1862 · Map Of N. Eastern Virginia And Vicinity Of Washington (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1865 · Central Virginia showing Lieut Gen'l U.S. Grant's Campaign and Marches. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1895 · N.E. Virginia, Washington 1. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Map Of N. Eastern Virginia And Vicinity Of Washington, 1862, covering the location of First Battle of Manassas, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Map Of N. Eastern Virginia And Vicinity Of Washington, 1862, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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First Battle of Manassas

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