Henry Hill (Manassas)

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Henry Hill (also Henry House Hill ) is an 85-foot-high hill northwest of Manassas Junction , Virginia .

He played a significant role in the first and second battles of the Bull Run during the American Civil War .

The hill begins near the road from Centerville , Virginia, to Warrenton , Virginia, today's US Federal Highway 29, (Warrenton Turnpike) , from where the ground slowly but steadily rises southwards over a length of about 730 meters. The north side of the hill was covered with trees at the time of the battles, but it consisted mostly of open grassland. The south side, however, was relatively densely covered with trees. The hill got its name from Dr. Isaac Henry, who lived with his family in a house on the plateau of the hill. At the time of the battle the house was occupied by his widow, Judith Henry, and their two half-disabled sons. The 84-year-old refused to leave her home despite the fighting raging in the immediate vicinity and died in her sick bed when a bullet from the Union artillery hit her bedroom.

Individual evidence

1. ^ Geographic Names Information System. Department of the Interior, August 17, 2000, accessed February 13, 2019 (English, National Park Service lists, brochures and handbooks, Manassas 1999). 

Coordinates: 38 ° 48 ′ 53 "  N , 77 ° 31 ′ 22"  W.