{"id":108614,"date":"2021-07-01T04:00:24","date_gmt":"2021-07-01T09:00:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/?p=108614"},"modified":"2021-07-01T01:38:46","modified_gmt":"2021-07-01T06:38:46","slug":"manassas-gap-rail-road-company-2-july-1-1861","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/manassas-gap-rail-road-company-2-july-1-1861\/","title":{"rendered":"Manassas Gap Rail Road Company\u2014$2\u2014July 1, 1861"},"content":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/www.flickr.com\/photos\/exit78\/51282879754\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright wp-image-108626 size-full\" title=\"Manassas Gap Rail Road Company\u2014$2\u2014July 1, 1861\" src=\"http:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Alexandria-VA-Manassas-Gap-Rail-Road-Company-1-July-1-1861.jpg\" alt=\"Manassas Gap Rail Road Company\u2014$2\u2014July 1, 1861\" width=\"1024\" height=\"492\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Alexandria-VA-Manassas-Gap-Rail-Road-Company-1-July-1-1861.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Alexandria-VA-Manassas-Gap-Rail-Road-Company-1-July-1-1861-300x144.jpg 300w, http:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/Alexandria-VA-Manassas-Gap-Rail-Road-Company-1-July-1-1861-768x369.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/a>\n<p>The railroad, which ultimately ran 87 miles from Mount Jackson to Manassas, VA was begun in 1851 and essentially completed in 1859. It played a role in the audacious Great Train Raid pulled off by Stonewall Jackson in May 1861 which netted 67 locomotives and 386 cars which were removed, captured, or burned at the expense of the B&amp;O Railroad. As can be imagined as the war progressed, significant damage was done to railroad as both sides fought over the territory. PCGS notes a replaced upper left corner and some minor staining.<br \/>\n___________<br \/>\nMike&#8217;s notes:<\/p>\n<p>Note \u2013 This image has been digitally adjusted for one or more of the following:<br \/>\n\u2013 fade correction,<br \/>\n\u2013 color, contrast, and\/or saturation enhancement<br \/>\n\u2013 selected spot and\/or scratch removal<br \/>\n\u2013 cropped for composition and\/or to accentuate subject<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The railroad, which ultimately ran 87 miles from Mount Jackson to Manassas, VA was begun in 1851 and essentially completed in 1859. It played a role in the audacious Great Train Raid pulled off by Stonewall Jackson in May 1861 which netted 67 locomotives and 386 cars which were removed, captured, or burned at the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[142],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-108614","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-civil-war-day-by-day"},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108614","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=108614"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/108614\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=108614"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=108614"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=108614"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}