This weekend in Virginia, Confederate forces, led by Major General J.E.B. Stuart, engage the U.S. Sixth Army Corps near Frying Pan Baptist Church in the larger vicinity of Bull Run, site of two earlier major battles. The military activity is nothing new for the little church, which, due to the meeting house’s location on a…
Not all military activity ceases during these holidays. In northern Virginia today and the days following, the Frying Baptist Church, located near the Maryland state line in an area that is a hotbed of activity during the war years, finds itself in the midst of skirmishes. John S. Moseby, Confederate cavalry scout for General J.E.B.…
The Frying Pan Baptist Church, located in northern Virginia, is situated along a critical road used for troop movement. Both Confederate and Union forces are alternatively dominate in the area during the war years. On the eve of the Battle of Manassas, the church yard had been used as a Confederate encampment. Today, the church…