Despite weather reports from different sources that seemed to conflict at times, weather could not have been better for the 25th Annual Battles at Manassas held Saturday and Sunday, March 16, 17, 2024. During the Civil War, similar small skirmishes between the forces of the North and South occurred virtually anywhere east of the Mississippi River in many of the Border or Southern States or in Louisiana, Arkansas, Texas or Kansas during the Civil War. Although the big battles like the Battle of Manassas (Bull Run) Shiloh, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, or Vicksburg dominate the historical narrative of that bitter war, no doubt thousands died on both sides in actions similar to what might be seen near Manassas, Georgia last Saturday and Sunday.