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  • Collection: Historical Sites

Jackson, Thomas Jonathan ("Stonewall")

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Bronze sculpture by Joseph P. Pollia (1893–1954) is approx 13 foot tall on a 6 foot black granite base. Monument stands in the approximate position General Jackson was holding at First Manassas.

Sully Manor

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Sully was the home of Richard Bland Lee, uncle of Robert E. Lee, and northern Virginia's first representative to congress. He lived here with his wife, Elizabeth Collins Lee, from 1794-1811. During the Lee residency, the farm was supported by…

Old Stone Church

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An inexperienced Union army marched past here on the way to the Manassas battlefield. Many soldiers returned wounded on the way back and were treated in the church. The area then became a Confederate campgound during the winter of 1861-1862. Trails…

The Daguerre Monument, Washington, DC

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The French artist Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre (1787-1851) became interested in the 1820s in trying to capture images photographically. In August 1839 his “Daguerreotype” technique–fixing an image on a light-sensitive, polished silver plate–was…

The First Public Telegraph office, Washington, DC

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Samuel F.B. Morse Artist and inventor opened and operated on this site under the direction of the Post Office Department. The First Public Telegraph Office.

Firemen's Insurance Co. building

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The Fireman's Insurance Company began its operations in 1838 in downtown Washington.

General Winfield Scott Hancock Memorial in Washington, D.C.

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"Winfield Scott Hancock (February 14, 1824 – February 9, 1886) was a career U.S. Army officer and the Democratic nominee for President of the United States in 1880. He served with distinction in the Army for four decades, including service in the…

Honoring the Dead

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Union soldiers built the Henry Hill Monument to commemorate those who died at the battle of the first (Bull Run) Manassas.

General Barnard Elliott Bee, 21 July 1939

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Statue of General Barnard Elliott Bee on the Manassas battlefield