Take a scenic and historic drive on the Battlefield Tour Road gives you a unique opportunity to view the entire battlefield to understand the scope of battle. There are 8 stops with 26 interpretive panels, as listed on the park map. You can park your car at 7 of the stops to read the panels. You must walk from the Visitor Center to the first stop to read the panel.
Interested in more interpretation while you drive? There is a Self-Guided Driving Tour through the NPS Mobile App. The cell phone tour has 42 minutes of audio, is 2.5 miles long, and takes an estimated time of 1 hour to complete.
The Battlefield Tour Road is One-Way, drivers and bikers drive on the RIGHT. You must yield to pedestrians and bikes.
Cornwallis' Tour: Meanwhile, the greater portion of the British army were traveling up and around to catch Washington off guard. You'll drive through beautiful countryside and marvel at how ambitious an early-morning march this one was! ALLOW 2 HOURS
The Manassas Battlefield Driving Tour starts at the Henry Hill Visitor Center, which is also the heart of the 1861 battlefield. Twelve other marked stops with parking areas and trailheads take visitors to the important scenes of the two battles.
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Throughout our current conflicts in both Iraq and Afghanistan, the likelihood of surviving a battlefield injury has been near 90% according to reports provided by the US Army Medical Research and Materiel Command. This is the highest survival rate recorded in modern combat. Advancements in protective equipment, rapid evacuation of casualties from point of injury to both stabilization and definitive care, improved medic and corpsmen personnel, more readily available resuscitation, and forward positioned surgical units have all significantly decreased troop mortality. Along with this phenomenon of increased survival, however, has come a surge in the number and significance of injuries seen by the medical community. As a result, orthopaedists have been forced to confront reconstructive challenges and difficult decisions in an often highly motivated patient population with high functional expectations. The objective of this article is to outline a few examples of difficult challenges encountered in battlefield trauma care and discuss the treatments utilized.