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The Stone Bridge

Fairfax County · 6 miles east of Gainesville. · location approximate

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The old stone bridge, just to the north, played a part in the battles of Manassas. Here rested the Confederate left in the early morning of July 21, 1861; over the bridge Pope's retreating army passed, August 30, 1862.

1948 text, presented as a historical document.

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Marker data: Virginia Department of Conservation and Development, State Historical Markers of Virginia, 6th ed. (1948)

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