john Mcmackin

Manassas National park was a great place to visit ,very few years people around and a large park to walk around .The park service offered information about the first and second battle which took place there with in a three year time frame and the amount of effort to travel from Washington D.C for the North and the South arrived by rail and disembark in Manassas where the train stands today and is still used by Amtrak is overwhelming. 5000 soldiers paid the ultimate price , the first battle manage to wake up the people thru out American to what the war will cost ,the the changes to come and,in the short and long term period of events to come.