Thoroughfare Gap
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theroths3
N 38° 52.050 W 077° 51.326
18S E 252260 N 4305948
Thoroughfare Gap is a narrow gap between Bull Run and Pond Mountains, through which Broad Run flows.
Waymark Code: WM2HN6
Location: Virginia, United States
Date Posted: 11/06/2007
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Just west is Thoroughfare Gap, where Union and Confederate armies clashed during the civil War. In July 1861, Gen. Joseph E. Johnson marched eastward through the gap to join Brig. Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard in the First Battle of Manassas. Maj. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson passed by here on 26 Aug. 1862 to attack the Federal supply depot at Manassas Junction. Two days later, Gen. Robert E. Lee and Maj. Gen. James Longstreet surprised and repelled Union cavalry under Col. Sir Percy Wyndham and an infantry division under Brig. Gen. James Ricketts. Ever after, Union troops occupied the gap whenever Lee's army was near.
Marker Number: C-50
Marker Title: Thoroughfare Gap
Marker Location: Rt 55 W at the Prince William/Faquier line
County or Independent City: Prince William
Web Site: [Web Link]
Marker Program Sponsor: Department of Historic Resources, 1996
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