150 Years Later: Centreville During the Civil War

One hundred and fifty years ago today, shots were fired at Fort Sumter, South Carolina, beginning a four-year war that split a nation in half. 

Centreville was hit hard by the war, due to the clash that would inevitably take place on Manassas National Battlefield. 

For a glimpse of what the Centreville area looked like during the Civil War era, click on the slideshow. The information in the captions is from the Library of Congress.

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