Morning Walk

This morning I took my camera with me on my morning walk. This area is so rich in history and I love exploring it. I hadn't noticed this old house before. It's about 2 blocks from our apartment. I was able to walk inside the gate and look in the windows. It's called The Conner House - and this is what the sign outside said: "Originally known as Blooms Grove, this antebellum house was built of locally quarried sandstone about 1820 and later expanded, the Conner House was used during the Civil War by the Confederacy and then by the United States. After the First Battle of Manassas on July 21, 1861, General Joseph E. Johnston, who with General P.G.T. Beauregard, had commanded the victorious Southern army, kept his quarters here until November. From here, Johnston secured his position at Manassas Junction and control of the Orange and Alexandria Railroad, the tracks of which ran just east of the house. Johnston evacuated the area on March 8-9, 1862 to defend Richmond. In August 1862, The Conner House changed sides when Col. Lewis B. Pierce, 12th Pennsylvania Calvary, used it for his headquarters and a hospital. On the night of August 26, Pierce lay ill here as Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's Confederate force approached from the southwest. Having captured Bristoe Station on the Orange and Alexandria Railroad line, Jackson ordered a rare night attack on the great Union supply depot at Manassas Junction. Gen. Isaac R. Trimble led the assault, brushing aside the Pennsylvanians when they opposed him in front of the house, and captured the depot easily. Within a few days, the Second Battle of Manassas raged nearby."

I just find it amazing that all of this happened across the street from where I live!