Manassis (aka Bull Run) and Chancellorsville

Some of the most fierce fighting occurred here during the Civil War. At the first battle of Manassis, at Henry's farm, an infirm 80 year old woman, Judith Henry, was the only civilian casualty and was buried in her back yard.









At Chancellorsville, it is said that there was so much carnage that it was calculated that there was one casualty every second for 5 hours. Chancellorsville is where “Stonewall” Jackson, the brilliant battlefield general for the Confederacy, was mortally wounded in a case of friendly fire. You can visit the graveyard of his amputated arm, which was buried on the field surgeon's nearby property as he felt it was too “important” to be discarded with the pile of limbs of ordinary soldiers. When Jackson's widow was asked about “reuniting” his body, she asked that it remain where it was to honour where he fell in battle. You can also travel to his official burial site where he was interred after his death.











The first Jackson monument (pic 19) was left by some soldiers from his army.



The second, more permanent one was dedicated many years later and attended by veterans from both sides.





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