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America’s Civil War Open Fire- January 2009

Ox Hill: Honoring 2nd Bull Run’s bloody postscript Not too long ago, if you drove down one crowded stretch of Route 608 in Fairfax County, Virginia, it was easy to miss a ragged plot of land called Ox Hill Battlefield Park. That is no longer the case, thanks to preservationist Ed Wenzel and a loyal …

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