Stonewall

 

National Archives

The Henry Hill plateau in the Manassas Battlefield National Park is one of the best spots in all of Northern Virginia to watch a sunset.  It's a terrific location to watch the sun descend behind the Bull Run Mountains.  This plateau is where Confederate and Federal troops clashed during the afternoon of July 21, 1861 in the struggle that became known as The Battle of Bull Run or First Manassas.

On this field is a monument the marks the spot where General Thomas Jonathan Jackson earned the nickname that he would become well known by: Stonewall.  As the Confederate troops were being pushed back by advancing federals, Brig. Gen. Barnard Elliott Bee, Jr pointed towards Jackson and his men, who were standing firm, and proclaimed, "There is Jackson standing like a stone wall" or words to that effect.  As they say, the rest is history.

All of the photos in this post are views that I've taken of the Jackson monument.