Battlefield Errf

Grandma and Grandpa Walker were in town recently. We decided to take a trip to the Manassas battlegrounds. This is what The Google has to say about the area:

"The First Battle of Bull Run, also known as the First Battle of Manassas (the name used by Confederate forces), was fought on July 21, 1861, in Prince William County, VA, near the City of Manassas. It was the first major land battle of the American Civil War.

The Second Battle of Bull Run or Second Manassas, as it was called by the Confederacy, was fought August 28–30, 1862, as part of the American Civil War. It was the culmination of an offensive campaign waged by Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia against Union Maj. Gen. John Pope's Army of Virginia, and a battle of much larger scale and numbers than the First Battle of Bull Run (First Manassas) fought in 1861 on the same ground."

So it was, on this hallowed ground, that we decided to take some totally hot pics of ourselves tap dancing through history.

General Stonewall Jackson. Apparently he was some sort of southern hot shot tough-guy. All things considered... I could take him.

Wesley has no idea how the confederate soldiers were even able to maintain their attention to the war when there were SOOO many cool flowers and bugs to touch.

Head shot!

One of the Confederate cemeteries in the area.

Turning his cute on, with an eye on grandma's bag of M&Ms.

Wesley completely disrespecting the solemnity of this place

...(see narrative on plaque)

Say hello to Wesley's little friend.

This was a very cool trip. After we got back I discovered that the entire PBS Civil War special is available to stream on Netflix. That's been keeping me busy. There are plenty other Civil War sites to see in this area. Stay tuned.