The Old Stone Bridge
A strategic point in both battles at Manassas, the Stone Bridge provided a crossing above this creek that has steep banks, making it very difficult to move horses and artillery across.
Stone Bridge crosses Bull Run at the eastern entrance of the Manassas National Battlefield Park in Manassas, Virginia. The original bridge, built in 1825, was destroyed when Confederate forces evacuated Northern Virginia in March, 1862. In 1884, a new bridge, apparently similar to the original design, was built on the site of the old bridge. Modern day U.S. Route 29 crosses Bull Run on a bridge built in the late 1960s downstream of this one. - Wikpedia.
Note: I was at the very edge of the water when I shot this scene - actually my feet were wet because I was slipped into some water. I didn't notice a juvenile Copperhead snake swimming directly at me. A boy scout, who was near by at the bank of the creek, noticed it and pointed it out to me. I had already got my shots, so we looked at it for a couple of minutes but it was determined to come our way. So we got the heck out of there.
Copperhead snakes are common throughout the eastern part of the USA and they are poisonous. They can be aggressive as well - I had an encounter with an adult Copperhead as a young boy when mowing my grandmother's lawn in south New Jersey. But I hear the juveniles are more venomous than the adults.
The Old Stone Bridge
A strategic point in both battles at Manassas, the Stone Bridge provided a crossing above this creek that has steep banks, making it very difficult to move horses and artillery across.
Stone Bridge crosses Bull Run at the eastern entrance of the Manassas National Battlefield Park in Manassas, Virginia. The original bridge, built in 1825, was destroyed when Confederate forces evacuated Northern Virginia in March, 1862. In 1884, a new bridge, apparently similar to the original design, was built on the site of the old bridge. Modern day U.S. Route 29 crosses Bull Run on a bridge built in the late 1960s downstream of this one. - Wikpedia.
Note: I was at the very edge of the water when I shot this scene - actually my feet were wet because I was slipped into some water. I didn't notice a juvenile Copperhead snake swimming directly at me. A boy scout, who was near by at the bank of the creek, noticed it and pointed it out to me. I had already got my shots, so we looked at it for a couple of minutes but it was determined to come our way. So we got the heck out of there.
Copperhead snakes are common throughout the eastern part of the USA and they are poisonous. They can be aggressive as well - I had an encounter with an adult Copperhead as a young boy when mowing my grandmother's lawn in south New Jersey. But I hear the juveniles are more venomous than the adults.