Comments on: A View to a Hill

By: Harry Smeltzer

Harry Smeltzer — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 21:00:49 +0000

Rats – that happens sometimes. Sorry, but no I don’t have it. I believe the article was in Military Images magazine a while back. If you talk to Jim (and I encourage you to do so), he may be able to get you a copy. In the meantime, follow this link to more in depth discussion of this and other photos:

http://bullrunnings.wordpress.com/2007/12/15/1862-photos-of-bull-runlibrary-of-congress/

By: RS

RS — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 19:35:25 +0000

Do you have a link to the article by Jim that you linked to? The one from the original post appear to be inactive these days.

By: RS

RS — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 19:31:11 +0000

Maybe I will someday when I am walking near the visitors center. In any event, I just came across this page today trying to find pictures of Sudley ford and find this to be excellent.

Also, looking at it again, the picture has to be very early spring or winter because there are no leaves or buds on vegetation. So it could be Spring of 1862. However, if it is, that rules out Second Manassas.

I still dont think this is henry house because I just dont see where it could have been taken from without Stone House appearing in the picture. Its possible that it could have been taken from somewhere between Lewis Ford and Portici (i.e. looking northwest from south east of henry house) and that Stone house was hidden behind the hill the house is on, but then I would expect to see either Balds Hill or Chinn at the extreme left of the picture.

In any event, cool site.

By: Harry Smeltzer

Harry Smeltzer — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 18:09:57 +0000

I believe the photo was taken in the spring of 1862. You may wish to discuss this with Jim Burgess at the park.

By: RS

RS — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 15:59:50 +0000

I live in centerville (quite near blackburns ford) and i have walked every trail from the O&A bridge to brawners farm many many times. Having a pretty good feel for the terrain, I dont think this photo is of the henry house (although one would think that would be a good candidate).

If it were, then that would mean that the intersection in the foreground (center left in the picture) would have to be the intersection of the Warrenton Pike and the Manassas-Sudley Springs Rd. If that were the case, then the stone house would also be visible because it’s right at the intersection of those two roads. Also i dont see either Young’s branch or Bull Run (both of which would be visible).

All and all, I am not sure what this is of. Do we have a date of when this was taken?

I am thinking that this may brawners farm taken from Stoney Ridge and that the intersection is the Warrenton Pike and the Groveton-Sudley road. If that’s the case, the photo would the fields of Second Manassas right where the union attacked the confederate right on august 30 of 1862; just before Longstreet counter-attacked.

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