Manassas Confederate Winter Quarters

[@williamcanfield2889]

Wonderful video and a great example of the suburb efforts of the NPS in interpreting the War Between the States for future generations.

[@CivilWarDigitalDigest]

We agree!

[@gud2go50]

Great job Ranger!😊 Thank you for your dedication to our history and the hardships and price our forefathers paid. It opens my eyes to how tough it was to survive back then. Again, thank you.

[@h2o270]

I think it’s important for people to see shelters like this in the rough sort to speak as opposed to the clean and pretty romantic views most museums try to interpret things as.

[@JohnnyButtons]

I have a video on my #CivilWarTimeMachine channel of a couple huts. Those soldiers were hard tough folks.

[@Danjan1208]

The older I get the more fascinated I become with how the armies spent the time between major battles. Where they camped and how, movements and everyday camp life. Fantastic video and work by the NPS! Thank you so much for helping to preserve our history!!

[@Mis-AdventureCH]

First summer job ever being an interpreter at that park many, many years ago. Bentley's boss was running that program back then when he was his age. Where I learned both musket and artillery drill. Still slap the ramrod. Will is a great interviewer.

[@CivilWarDigitalDigest]

Fun story! Thanks for sharing.

[@wmschooley1234]

The picture starting at 10:46 shows just how barren this are of Virginia was after both the Union and Confederate armies stripped the trees and boards to meet the needs of the troops on both sides. The collateral damage of the civil war was nothing short of an ecological disaster centered mostly in the south where most of the fighting took place. Respectfully, W.S.

[@RowdyAndroid]

Absolutely wonderful to see the park bringing these moments of relative peace to visitors and living historians alike! I recently learned of an ancestor whose regiment spent the later part of 1861 and early 1862 at Manassas, where he died of typhoid fever in Oct. 1861. Seeing this cabin and video definitely helped me see things from his eyes a little better.

[@CivilWarDigitalDigest]

We are glad it helped!!

[@sp00k48]

Died in 1861 or 1862?

[@RowdyAndroid]

@@sp00k48 He died in '61, but his regiment was there through the winter.

[@sp00k48]

@@RowdyAndroid Alright, interesting! I think I may have two who I have traced back that fought in the civil war, both fought for the Union. One buried the dead after 2nd Bull Run and another took part in Shermans March to the Sea, not entirely sure but still neat. I could try and find their names.

[@mickeyholding7970]

Thanks for doing a Confederate video, I very much appreciate it. I appreciate all y'all do for us. This was a fantastic video.

[@CivilWarDigitalDigest]

This one was a great one to put together!

[@The_13th_Hussar]

I love experimental archaeology like this, it reminds me a lot of the cabin built by Townsends.

[@CivilWarDigitalDigest]

There certainly are a lot of construction similarities! That was a fun series to follow as well.

[@ericritz2853]

Love that log cabin

[@grimdesaye6534]

Great History here! Thank you for showing this Outstanding winter quarters. 😊 God Bless this Ranger and those that made this Great cabin.

[@CivilWarDigitalDigest]

We are happy to bring the story to wider attention!

[@fergusonsscartillery]

Our unit is looking to build one this on one of our members land so this was an awesome video to watch!

[@CivilWarDigitalDigest]

The methodology behind the design should certainly be a help to you!

[@fergusonsscartillery]

@@CivilWarDigitalDigest It certainly will. Another helpful video on y’all’s part and thank you to Mr. Bentley!

[@josephwalukonis9934]

Nice reconstruction. I must come by and see it.

[@TransMissCampaigner1864]

Great video guys, never disappoints!

[@CivilWarDigitalDigest]

Glad you enjoy!

[@kevinmathis1278]

Thank you for another fantastic and informative video.

[@stuartwilson6971]

Great video. Thank you!

[@wizardofahhhs759]

Looks cozy. Wouldn't need but a few hot coals to heat it.

[@Freddiechavira]

What a bad ass dude!!

[@rodgeroxie8459]

What did they sleep on? Did they make bunk beds? How did they cook on? And store food?

[@CivilWarDigitalDigest]

Food storage would probably be at the regimental level and issued per meal. We show images of bunks in the episode. You can go back and check it out.

[@Redbaron_sites]

The place is absolutely haunted. Spirits walk from sundown until sunup!

[@lesleyewen-foster3629]

Thank you for a very interesting video. How many bunks/men does that cabin hold?

[@MikeD56034]

im hoping to build one of the many examples of a winter quarters structure sometime in the next year. a member of the group im in wants us to come out to his pvt property and establish a small encampment.

[@30thVirginiaSharpshooterBn]

Great video and information as always! Any open vacancies for this fine accommodation?

[@ericritz2853]

How big is the cabin what I would like to know

[@CivilWarDigitalDigest]

12x 12- he talks about that in the program.

[@Gepedrglass]

really no different to what the US army used in valley forge. very cool, thank you!

[@CivilWarDigitalDigest]

Quite close! I had not thought that until you said this. Thanks!

[@guynemer53]

Whenever I hear Mason-Dixon line I always think of Robin Williams refering to it 'down south of that there Manson-Nixon line' from one of his shows. Lol.

[@robluke4266]

Good video, me and a few of my pards have talked about doing something like this but after seeing this I want to go in a different direction…

[@CivilWarDigitalDigest]

Interesting. I want to work on one all the more!

[@b1laxson]

how many stayed inside?

[@CivilWarDigitalDigest]

Right now, there are three bunks.

[@rodgeroxie8459]

What did they sleep with? The clothes to sleep in?

[@clockmonkey]

Roughly how many people would be in a building like that and for how long?

[@CivilWarDigitalDigest]

This was re-produced from ones used in the winter of 1861 into spring 1862. We can check with Andrew as far as how many men he thinks would’ve stayed in here. There are three bunks, however, maybe they doubled up for warmth.

[@clockmonkey]

@@CivilWarDigitalDigest TX Guys.

[@mellongfield9873]

Go inside!!!!!!!

[@CivilWarDigitalDigest]

Uh, we did.

[@coloyikes]

I would have liked to see the inside

[@CivilWarDigitalDigest]

It’s pretty great - and there are several views of it in the program!

[@robertcole9391]

If you look further back to the revolutionary war, Washington had the same design for his soldiers to use as winter quarters.

[@kevspss]

How did you find my house?

[@CivilWarDigitalDigest]

Lol!!

[@mellongfield9873]

Go inside for heavens sake

[@FryingTiger]

Slap some small logs up into a solid teepee, mud the gaps, build a small hearth. Done in a day or two. Zzzzzzz