Tag Archives: Manassas National Battlefield

Echoes of Reconstruction: Black History Month and the Erasure of Black History

Posted on February 28, 2022 by Emerging Civil War

ECW is pleased to welcome back Patrick Young, author of The Reconstruction Era blog I remember taking my kids to visit Stone Mountain in Georgia around 1991. At the time, the “park” was a sort of Confederate Disneyland that mixed faux Civil … Continue reading →

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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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ECW Weekender: Heading Back To Manassas?

Posted on August 23, 2019 by Emerging Civil War

Next week – August 28-30 – will mark the anniversary of the Second Battle of Bull Run in 1862. Are you heading to Northern Virginia for commemorations or just driving through the area?

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Dan Welch: Interpreting Stonewall at Second Manassas

Posted on June 7, 2017 by Daniel Welch

The concentration of this year’s ECW Symposium will examine great defensive stands of the American Civil War. The multi-day event will look at numerous commanders, command decisions, and battlefields along the way, including both theaters of the conflict. For me, … Continue reading →

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Modern Photography: Little Details At The Entrance

Posted on February 27, 2017 by Sarah Kay Bierle

While I enjoy landscape photography, my favorite images to “shoot” are detail-oriented. As I sorted through my own image archives, I tried to figure out why my travel photo files of battlefields are intermixed with pictures of barn rafters, porch flags, … Continue reading →

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Modern Photography: Battlefield Cannons

Posted on February 17, 2017 by Sarah Kay Bierle

During my battlefield trips, I enjoying taking the “classic” cannon photos. Though serene battlefield markers today, these artillery pieces caused fearsome destruction during the Civil War.

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First or Second?

Posted on August 31, 2012 by Chris Mackowski
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A word about preservation at Manassas

Posted on August 30, 2012 by Chris Mackowski

Preservation still ranks as one of the top concerns at Manassas National Battlefield. In the mid-1990s, preservationists averted potential disaster when they forced the Walt Disney corporation to scrub plans for a proposed history-oriented theme park in the Manassas area. … Continue reading →

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Middle Child and Second Fiddle: The Sad Fate of Second Manassas

Posted on August 29, 2012 by Chris Mackowski

Try as I might, I can’t persuade my daughter to explore anything to do with Second Manassas. It’s July 29, 2000. Steph is six but already the veteran of several battlefielding campaigns, and she’s particularly a fan of First Manassas … Continue reading →

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Standing Under the Blazing White Sun

Posted on March 3, 2012 by Chris Mackowski
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