*The "Unfinished Railroad" was to play a major role in the 2nd Battle of Manassas/Bull Run, as a defensive position.
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*It was in this area that "Stonewall" Jackson gained his nickname by positioning his brigade here and withstanding the Union's attack.
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(Route of Union flanking march)
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*The "Portici" estate served as Gen. Joseph Johnston's headquarters.
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*The McLean House served as Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard's headquarters.
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*The small town of Centreville, located along the main route to Washington, D.C., had been occupied by the Confederates before the battle, and after their victory would be reoccupied by them. They held it during winter 1861-62.
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*The Union Mills Ford was a few hundred yards to the southeast.
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*The small hamlet of Groveton, though far from the fighting of July 21, 1861, would be at the center of the battlefield of the Second Battle of Bull Run
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*The Henry House, famously, was home to Judith Carter Henry, an 85-year-old widow too old and infirm to leave, leading to her becoming the only civilian casualty of the battle, from Union artilleryfire. She now rests in a grave close to her rebuilt house.
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*In addition to an orchard and corn growing adjacent to the Henry House, the vegetation on Henry Hill included broom-sedge, the tall grass used for making brooms.
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*The "Stone House" still stands today, and is among the battlefield's most prominent landmarks.
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*Stone abutments were built in anticipation of a railroad bridge across the Bull Run, but the project of completing this rail line was abandoned before it could be constructed.
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*This area saw some of the most ferocious fighting of the Second Battle of Bull Run.
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*Manassas Junction, the important railroad junction with lines leading west into the Shenandoah Valley and south, was to the south. The men under Gen. Joseph Johnston who came from the valley in order to reinforce Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard's position all arrived at the junction and then marched towards their designated positions.
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