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J.E.B. Stuart at Munson's Hill T39 |
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Following the First Battle of Manassas on 21 July 1861, Col. James Ewell Brown Stuart, commander of the 1st Virginia Cavalry, moved his troopers to Fairfax Court House and then here to Munson’s Hill, the Confederate position closest to the city of Washington. From his camp Stuart watched Union observers ascend in balloons to study him. Stuart built Quaker cannons of logs and marched his men before large campfires to confound the Federals. On 24 September, while still encamped here, he was promoted to the rank of brigadier general.
Department of Historic Resources 1992
VA Rt. 7 (westbound) 3 miles west of I-395, past marker T40. Fairfax County Virginia.
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