Why is it called Manassas, Virginia?

Obstetrics and Gynecology - University of Virginia School of Medicine

1862 Second Manassas - Confederate Perspective

It's July 21, 1861 In the first major battle of the Civil War, on the eastern slope of Henry Hill, northwest of Manassas Junction and not far from a stream called Bull Run, Brigadier General Thomas J Jackson's Virginia Brigade, about 2,500 men, mostly from the Shenandoah Valley, clash with Federal forces under the overall command of Brigadier General Irvin McDowell. In this scene from my movie ‘Gods&Generals,’ simultaneous with Jackson's bayonet charge, we see JEB Stuart's two companies of caval

Interpreting the Battle of 2nd Manassas