Eight months after their disastrous defeat in that area at Bull Run, Union troops reoccupied Manassas, Virginia unopposed by Confederate forces who had abandoned the important railroad junction days earlier. The retreating southerners had taken great pains to destroy track, stores, and installations but the occupation of the junction was an important morale boost and was received with celebration throughout the North. (By John Osborne)
Source Citation
Frank Moore, ed., The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, with Documents, Narratives, Illustrative Incidents, Poetry, Etc. (New York: G.P. Putnam, 1862), IV: 56.
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Date Certainty
Exact
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Battles/Soldiers
