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The Seat of War — Manassas Gap Junction and Fairfax Court House.
Showing the position of the Rebel Troops and Their Batteries.
We this morning give to the readers of The Inquirer a diagram showing the relative positions of the United States and Confederate forces in the vicinity of Fairfax Court House and the Manassas Junction.
The first battle will, it is confidently asserted, be fought at one of these two points, as both armies are rapidly concentrating in that section.
The small settlement known on the maps as “Manassas Junction,” is located immediately at the junction of the Manassas Gap Railway with the Alexandria and Orange Railroad. It is twenty-seven miles southwest of Alexandria, sixty-one miles northeast of Gordonsville, one hundred and forty-three northeast of Lynchburg, and one hundred thirty-four miles north of Richmond. The Manassas Gap Railroad is an uncompleted line of railway, entering into Mount Jackson, a village in the Shenandoah county, one hundred and twelve miles from the Junction.
It is supposed that there are at least four thousand Confederate troops, under General Lee, at the Junction, comprising regiments from Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Alabama. A regiment of Kentucky Riflemen are also stationed there. Heavy pieces of artillery guard the railroad and turnpike leading to Alexandria, and on the surrounding hills extensive batteries have been erected. On the eminence to the south of the Junction, Colonel Magruder, late of the United States army, has erected a fortification, surmounted by heavy guns.
Citation: Philadelphia Inquirer. 5 June 1861. Gift of Steven and Susan Raab. AN .P5546