Dranesville: A Northern Virginia Town in the Crossfire of a Forgotten Battle, December 20, 1861 (Ryan T. Quint - CWC) Smith The museum will come alive

The museum will come alive as first-person presenters tell you their story

This is the only known historical biography to be recognized by both a predominately white historical society and a predominately black historical society

Bestselling author Chris DeRose (The Presidents’ War) uses diary entries

and the dying

and battlefields to demonstrate that the Civil War was the first military conflict in world history to see the widespread use of such weapons

Dranesville: A Northern Virginia Town in the Crossfire of a Forgotten Battle, December 20, 1861 (Ryan T. Quint - CWC) Smith The museum will come aliveby Ryan T. Quint Here for the first time, shared through the eyes of those who lived it, is the story of Dranesville and the early war in Northern Virginia. After the guns of Manassas fell silent, the opposing armies grappled for position wondering what would come next. Popular history has us believe it was All quiet along the Potomac. Reality was altogether different. The fall and early winter of 1861 was a hotbed of activity that culminated in the