In this new volume in the Savas Beatie “Emerging Civil War” series, authors Welch and Pawlak offer some interesting insights into the Second Manassas Campaign, one in which, under Robert E. Lee’s ...
On Aug. 30, 1862, the Second Battle of Manassas(or Bull Run) ended a long campaign in northern Virginia. The campaign had begun when Union forces attempting to invade the Southern capital at Richmond ...
MANASSAS -- Loading and firing a musket is a nine-step process. "Disciplined troops would be able to load and fire one every 15 or 20 seconds," said John Reid, a National Park Service employee who was ...
The Manassas National Battlefield grounds were expanded Wednesday, one day before the 150th anniversary of a bloody Confederate victory there. Two parcels of land, totaling about 54 acres, are being ...