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Part I
Plateau of Henry House Hill showing 10-pounder Parrott rifled cannon representing the Union batteries of James Ricketts and Charles Griffin along with the postwar Henry House and the pyramidial monument to the battle dedicated in 1865.
July 21, 1861, the battle known by the South as Manassas and the North as Bull Run began on the rolling plain west of the Confederate position along the stream known as Bull Run. Recieving word that he had been flanked by a Federal column headed by Col. Ambrose Burnside's Rhode Islanders, Col. Nathan "Shanks" Evans turned to meet it on Sudley Ridge just north of ( behind, in this photo ) the Stone House at the intersection of Sudley Springs Road and that leading to Centerville.
Evans' brigade was soon joined by those of Brig. Gen. Barnard Bee and Col. Francis Bartow, but they all steadily fell back under pressure from the outnumbering Federals. Accounts vary as to whether Bee was exasperated by the brigade he saw to the south remaining immobile on Henry House Hill, or was merely inspiring his men, but his cry, "There stands Jackson like a stone wall - Rally on the Virginians!" lives on long after his death there shortly afterwards. Above in the background is another of the 1920's historical markers placed at the direction of Dr. Douglas Southall Freeman, then head of the Virginia Historical Society, this one just to the north of the Stone House.
Former artilleryman Brig. Gen. Thomas Jonathan Jackson carefully supervised the placement of his attached supporting battery, the Rockbridge Artillery, commanded by Capt. William N. Pendleton, on the reverse slope of Henry House Hill. From here the Confederate gunners kept up a lively fire on the advancing and deploying Union columns. The gun above marks the position of the battery for most of the battle.
Jackson deployed his own brigade of Virginia regiments across the plateau in this area in order to resist the Federal assaults that soon began. Another particular crisis occurred when two Union artillery batteries of 10-pounder Parrott rifled cannon commanded by Captains James Ricketts and Charles Griffin, both later generals, came forward at a gallop and unlimbered at what was for artillery point-blank range to blast the Virginians off the hilltop. Below, the guns seen here mark the position of Ricketts' and Griffin's batteries of U. S. Regulars.
Plateau of Henry House Hill showing 10-pounder Parrott rifled cannon representing the Union batteries of James Ricketts and Charles Griffin along with the postwar Henry House and the pyramidial monument to the battle dedicated in 1865.
July 21, 1861, the battle known by the South as Manassas and the North as Bull Run began on the rolling plain west of the Confederate position along the stream known as Bull Run. Recieving word that he had been flanked by a Federal column headed by Col. Ambrose Burnside's Rhode Islanders, Col. Nathan "Shanks" Evans turned to meet it on Sudley Ridge just north of ( behind, in this photo ) the Stone House at the intersection of Sudley Springs Road and that leading to Centerville.
Evans' brigade was soon joined by those of Brig. Gen. Barnard Bee and Col. Francis Bartow, but they all steadily fell back under pressure from the outnumbering Federals. Accounts vary as to whether Bee was exasperated by the brigade he saw to the south remaining immobile on Henry House Hill, or was merely inspiring his men, but his cry, "There stands Jackson like a stone wall - Rally on the Virginians!" lives on long after his death there shortly afterwards. Above in the background is another of the 1920's historical markers placed at the direction of Dr. Douglas Southall Freeman, then head of the Virginia Historical Society, this one just to the north of the Stone House.
Former artilleryman Brig. Gen. Thomas Jonathan Jackson carefully supervised the placement of his attached supporting battery, the Rockbridge Artillery, commanded by Capt. William N. Pendleton, on the reverse slope of Henry House Hill. From here the Confederate gunners kept up a lively fire on the advancing and deploying Union columns. The gun above marks the position of the battery for most of the battle.
Jackson deployed his own brigade of Virginia regiments across the plateau in this area in order to resist the Federal assaults that soon began. Another particular crisis occurred when two Union artillery batteries of 10-pounder Parrott rifled cannon commanded by Captains James Ricketts and Charles Griffin, both later generals, came forward at a gallop and unlimbered at what was for artillery point-blank range to blast the Virginians off the hilltop. Below, the guns seen here mark the position of Ricketts' and Griffin's batteries of U. S. Regulars.