Description: ̉Manassas Junction. Important actions were fought here during the civil war, namely, the first and second battle of Bull Run, July 21, 1861, and Aug. 30, 1862, respectively. In both actions the confederate troops gained decisive victories. — W. H. DePuy, 1881 Source: W.H. DePuy, People's Cyclopedia of Universal Knowledge: V.2 (New York, NY: Phillips & Hunt, 1881) 1106 Map Credit: Courtesy the private collection of Roy Winkelman |
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