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Photograph of Army regiment band "En Route to Manassas, Va.", C0409, Special Collections Research Center, George Mason University Libraries.
Purchased by Lynn Eaton in April 2019.
Processed by Amanda Menjivar in February 2023. Finding aid completed in March 2023. Additional historical research provided by Donald L. Wilson, Virginiana Librarian at the Ruth E. Lloyd Information Center for Genealogy and Local History (RELIC), Prince William Public Libraries.
On August 30, 1904 the Groveton Confederate Monument (also known as the Groveton Cemetery Monument) was unveiled in Manasses, VA to mark the fatalities at both battles of Manassas during the American Civil War. Placed by the Bull Run Chapter of the United Daughters of the Confederacy, this event "coincided with both the forty-second anniversary of the second battle of Manassas and the arrival of hundreds of Civil War veterans and their descendants. 'A number of U.S. troops were present, including a regimental band, furnished for the occasion'" (Como). Though unconfirmed, it is likely the regiment band in this image is part of this event.
Black and white photograph, likely of an Army regiment band preparing to march down a street, taken 1904. Behind the band is a multi-story building and a church spire. A crowd of children and adults is gathered on the side of the street.
On the bottom left of the photograph "En route to Manassas, Va. 1904" is written in ink. Despite this, the photograph was most likely not taken in Manassas due to the architectural clues in the photograph.
The Special Collections Research Center holds many other collections and materials focused on the history of Northern Virginia and American Civil War.
This is a single item collection.
Como, Tish. "EFFECTS OF THE 1904 ARMY MANEUVERS ON THE GREATER MANASSAS COMMUNITY." Prince William Reliquary Vol. 9, No. 1, January 2010. Accessed March 2023.
"Groveton Confederate Cemetery[.]" Historic Prince William, accessed March 2023. https://www.historicprincewilliam.org/cemeteries/cemeteries-in-pwc/groveton-confederate.html.