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The Deep Cut Burns

Posted on March 25, 2021 by Kevin Pawlak

A couple of weeks ago, Manassas National Battlefield held a controlled burn in the area of the Deep Cut. Here, on August 30, 1862, thousands of Union soldiers led by Maj. Gen. Fitz John Porter attacked Confederate troops positioned along … Continue reading →

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Fredericksburg: Voices from the Crisis Point

Posted on December 16, 2020 by Sarah Kay Bierle

Following the Battle of Fredericksburg on December 11-15, 1862, Union soldiers who had survived, retreated across, the river and returned to their camps had to face devastating reality. The horrors they had gone through and witnessed crowned a year of … Continue reading →

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Equestrian Casualties at Gettysburg

Posted on July 11, 2018 by Sarah Kay Bierle

“Three miles before we got into town we could see the marks of Cavalry skirmishes, passed some dead horses which were slowly burning up.”[i] The aftermath days of Gettysburg – and other Civil War battles – presented horrifying scenes at … Continue reading →

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