On Aug. 30, 1862, the Second Battle of Manassas(or Bull Run) ended a long campaign in northern Virginia. The campaign had begun when Union forces attempting to invade the Southern capital at Richmond ...

The cannons were quiet this time but there was fire and smoke anyway at the Manassas National Battlefield Park during a prescribed burn intended to maintain the look of the area as Civil War soldiers ...

WASHINGTON — It’s a discovery for the history books. The National Park Service has found the remains of two Civil War soldiers and a battlefield surgeon’s pit at Manassas National Battlefield Park.

Manassas National Battlefield Park, located north of Manassas, in Prince William County, Virginia, preserves the site of two major American Civil War battles: the First Battle of Bull Run on July 21, ...

MANASSAS -- Loading and firing a musket is a nine-step process. "Disciplined troops would be able to load and fire one every 15 or 20 seconds," said John Reid, a National Park Service employee who was ...

Eleven amputated limbs, two nearly complete skeletons, and scattered artifacts uncovered from a shallow pit at Virginia’s Manassas National Battlefield Park are unearthing rare and grim glimpses of ...