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Rallying the troops of bee, bartown, and evans behind robinson house.jpg
This wood cut depicting a charge during the First Battle of Manassas in July of 1861 shows Confederate leaders Bee, Bartow, and Evans rallying the troops. Visible in the background is a small farm, Robinson House Farm. Also located on what is today…

robinson_orig_4_big.jpg
Robinson house, pictured here, was a small 400 square foot house built around 1840. This is how the home would have appeared during both of the Battles of Manassas, remaining unchanged until an expansion in 1871.

Robinson Hiring Form for Tasco.jpg
This is a hiring form between James Robinson and John Lee regarding James' son Tasco. Though James was free his wife and children were enslaved and Lee was their owner.

In his attempts to keep his family safe and together, Robinson was able to…

the battle of first manassas.jpg
Manassas was the location of the first battle of the Civil War because of its crucial location at the intersection of two major modes of transportation - roads and railroads. Located at the confluence of Warrenton Turnpike and the Alexandria and…

familiesapart.jpg
In the late 1850's Planter Jon Lee died. Owner of James Robinson's wife Susan Gaskins and their eight children, Lee freed the entire Robinson family still living on his property in his will. Unfortunately, two of the family's sons, Alfred and James,…

dissolved.jpg
This famous broadside was first to advertise secession, run by South Carolina's Charleston Mercury. South Carolina was the first state to secede.

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