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Waveform Audio File Format  |  2000-10-09  |  2.5 MB  |  1 channel  |  11,025 sample rate  |  1 minute, 58 seconds

Transcription: Manassas National Battlefield Park is located in Virginia, 26 miles southwest of Washington, D.C. Two major battles of the Civil War were fought on virtually the same ground in 1861 and 1862. The Henry House in the distance is a reconstruction of a home destroyed in the first battle. The Robinson House is nearby. The two houses stand on the hill where the critics fighting of First Manassas took place. Here, both naive armies learned that the war would not be ended quickly and that battle isn't only glory, it's also pain and death. The stone house, handsomely restored, was originally a tavern o ...

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