‘Stonewall’ Jackson got his nickname from the battle of Manassas I, where he held a line firm against a Union attack at Henry Hill on what is today the Manassas National Battlefield Park.
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From October 16-18, 1859 John Brown tried to take over the US arsenal at Harpers Ferry with a small contingent of men and start a slave revolt against the government. He was defeated by a detachment of US Marines led by Col. Robert E Lee. Ten were killed, seven escaped, and in December 1859, John Brown and members of his raiding party were hanged in Charles Town.
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The boulder field at Devils Den prevented troops from ‘digging in’ and thus Union troops were forced to use the rocks as shelter from cannon and sniper fire. This small pool of water was undoubtably used for drinking as the battle took place in July in a fierce heat of about 100º.
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The Thomas farm was the site of the heaviest fighting at the Battle of Monocacy, as Confederate troops under CS Gen Jubal Early attacked from the north and the Federals defended the junction from the South. Today the farm is managed by the National Park Service after being in private hands almost continuously since the battle.
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Massing troops overnighting nearby the battlefield was an important maneuver as it meant troops didn’t have to walk for miles to get to where the action was. Here troops reenact forming up for inspection and marching orders.
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RAF Elvington is today known as the Yorkshire Air Museum. It has a 10,000 foot runway which had been laid down when the airbase was extended and modernized to become a Strategic Air Command base. But after spending millions, the US abandoned the base in 1958.
In 2006, the 2-mile long runway was where Top Gear’s Richard Hammond crashed while traveling 280mph in a jet-powered car. Somehow, he survived.
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