Battles of Manassas • Tour the Battlefield • Monuments • Facts • The Armies
The Honoring the Dead wayside marker is on the Henry Hill walking tour next to the Henry Hill monument. The marker has been updated. Both versions are provided for historical reference.
The photo shows the original Honoring the Dead wayside marker in front of the Bull Run monument.
Current text from the wayside marker:
Honoring the Dead
One of the earliest endeavors to remember the fallen occurred soon after the war concluded. Union troops stationed at nearby Fairfax Court House, many of whom had recently served on burial duty at the battlefield, recognized the need for a fitting memorial to the Federal dead of First Manassas. With the approval of their officers and the authorization of the government, and in one of their final acts before discharge, the soldiers erected the Bull Run monument. Construction took nearly three weeks and was completed in June 1865. It remains one of the oldest extant monuments on any Civil War battlefield.
Caption from the background photograph
The formal dedication of the Bull Run monument on June 11, 1865. At the conclusion of the ceremony on Henry Hill, the group dedicated a similar monument near the Deep Cut to honor those that fell in the Second Battle of Manassas.
Original text from the wayside marker:
Honoring the Dead
Union Soldiers built Henry Hill Monument to commemorate those who died at First Bull Run (Manassas). For many Civil War veterans this had been their first battle. Intense memories drew both Union and Confederate soldiers back to this scene years after the war.
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Caption to the photo:
Dedication ceremony – June 13, 1865
The original Honoring the Dead wayside marker
Location of the marker
The monument is next to the Bull Run Monument on the Henry Hill walking tour. It is about 700 feet from the trailhead at the Visitor Center.