At the Manassas Battlefield

The Confederate battlelines
The Stone House

We walked into the Stone House, which was held by Union soldiers at the beginning of the Battle of First Manassas (later by the Confederates). As we came into the main room, the park ranger began describing to us how they amputated soldiers' limbs on the table in the center of the room, throwing the severed arms and legs out the window. On the floor, you can still make out the blood stains.


A cannonball in the wall of the stone house.



Upstairs in the Stone House, wounded Union soldiers carved their names in the floorboards. The soldier on the left survived the war, whereas the soldier in the above photo died of his wounds a few days after the battle.