Gettysburg Antietam
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| The Dogan House. Here at Groveton at the intersection of the Groveton-Sudley Road and Lee Highway, is located the Dogan House, one of the main landmarks of the second battle. It was across this area, on August 29, that Hood's division drove back the Union division of Hatch before it retired to the west of Groveton. The next clay the area was involved in heavy artillery and infantry fire. The small, one-story house of weather-boarded logs originally served as the overseer's house of the Dogan farm. Later, it was occupied by the Dogan family after their main house had burned. Like the Stone House, it now stands as one of the two remaining original structures in the park. (National Park Service) | The Stone Bridge. This bridge on the Warrenton Turnpike spans Bull Run. The Union forces approached the area of the bridge in the morning. McDowell sent much of his army on a march around the left flank of the Confederate forces, meanwhile making a diversionary attack with the forces he stationed at the bridge. Beauregard detects this movement and sends much of his army to meet the Union threat coming south along the Manassas-Sudley Road. This bridge also served as the means of retreat for the Union forces in both battles fought here. It was destroyed during the course of the war. The bridge seen here is a recreation of the original. (cisnet.com) | ||||||||||||||||||
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| There's a full description of the importance of the Stone House on the first page of my Manassas site. What I'll mention here is the fact that the day I visited Manassas it was very hot and humid. The Stone House was not air conditioned, but the windows and doors were open. Amazingly, the inside of the house felt as if it was air conditioned. Apparently, stone is a very good building material. | |||||||||||||||||||
| This concludes our tour of the Manassas battlefield. I hope you enjoyed it and, possibly, learned something along the way. Be sure to click on the links below for tours of other battlefields. Thank you. | |||||||||||||||||||