Mayfield Earthwork Fort

Historical Sites, Historical SitesManassas, VA

Mayfield Earthwork Fort occupies eleven acres of ground just outside of downtown Manassas.  Its Civil War history begins in the spring of 1861 when the Confederate Army arrived and built an earthwork fort here, one of 12 in the area meant to protect the railroad junction.  It was named Mayfield, after the home of the Hooe family on whose land the fort was constructed.  Mayfiel

Mayfield Earthwork Fort

8411 Quarry Road
Manassas, VA 20110

Prince William County, VA
703-368-1873

MORE ABOUT THE AREA

Manassas, VA — According to legend, the name Manassas was derived from an Indian source or from Manasseh, a Jewish innkeeper at Manassas Gap. Manassas originated in 1852 at the junction of two railroads which linked…

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