Stone House Battlefield Landmark - Manassas VA
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Don.Morfe
N 38° 49.140 W 077° 31.555
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This building links today’s landscape to the battlefield scene. The roadbeds have not changed; thousands of soldiers noticed the Stone House as they marched through this strategic intersection.
Waymark Code: WM19CP6
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 01/27/2024
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Stone House Battlefield Landmark-Manassas National Battlefield Park.
This building links today’s landscape to the battlefield scene. The roadbeds have not changed; thousands of soldiers noticed the Stone House as they marched through this strategic intersection.
During both battles Federals turned the former tavern into a field hospital. Bloody floorboards were hardly unique—most houses in the area became crowded with wounded men—yet in diary after diary soldiers mentioned this particular structure. The relatively unscarred walls may have provided an image of peacetime amid fields of terror.
(Photo Caption) Stone House in March 1862. The Park Service has restored and furnished the house to resemble its 1861 appearance. Much of the structure may be original: the stone walls, window frames, and some floorboards.
LOCATION: Marker is near Manassas, Virginia, in Prince William County. Marker could be reached from the intersection of Lee Highway (U.S. 29) and Sudley Road (Virginia Route 234), on the right when traveling west. It is in the Manassas National Battlefield Park. Postal address: 12521 Lee Hwy, Manassas VA 20109
Name of Government Entity or Private Organization that built the monument: National Park Service
Union, Confederate or Other Monument: Union
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Date Installed or Dedicated: Not listed
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