Talk:Blackburn's Ford

I recently added coordinates since I think some map locator info should be given. A precise location would be best, but I have not found clear and consistent RS support for one.

• The map at Battle of Blackburn's Ford appears to show the ford exactly aligned with Centreville Road. However, an arrow there points slightly to the east of that. Accuracy and precision unknown.
• Does Centreville Road meet Bull Run in exactly the same location as it did in 1861?
• This article states, "Blackburn's Ford was the crossing of Bull Run by Centreville Road". I interpret the word "by" to mean that the crossing was next to or beside Centreville Road, rather than exactly aligned with it.
• This article also states, "Modern day Virginia State Route 28 crosses Bull Run near Blackburn's Ford" (Route 28 is Centreville Road). This also implies that it was not an exact alignment.
• A 2011 article at centreville.patch.com, here, includes a recent photo of the crossing just west of present-day Centreville Road. Apparently that publication or writer at least believes that to be the location of the ford. Local knowledge, maybe a historical marker not visible in the photo? Pending better source information, I opted to shift the coordinates to this location. Mandruss (talk) 08:17, 2 July 2014 (UTC)

External links modified

Hello fellow Wikipedians,

I have just modified 2 external links on Blackburn's Ford. Please take a moment to review my edit. If you have any questions, or need the bot to ignore the links, or the page altogether, please visit this simple FaQ for additional information. I made the following changes:

• Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20050825191703/http://www.tennessee-scv.org:80/longstreet/m_sdoc18.htm to http://www.tennessee-scv.org/longstreet/m_sdoc18.htm
• Added archive https://web.archive.org/web/20110727042100/http://www.longstreetchronicles.org/graphic18.htm to http://www.longstreetchronicles.org/graphic18.htm

When you have finished reviewing my changes, please set the checked parameter below to true or failed to let others know (documentation at {{Sourcecheck}}).

This message was posted before February 2018. After February 2018, "External links modified" talk page sections are no longer generated or monitored by InternetArchiveBot. No special action is required regarding these talk page notices, other than regular verification using the archive tool instructions below. Editors have permission to delete these "External links modified" talk page sections if they want to de-clutter talk pages, but see the RfC before doing mass systematic removals. This message is updated dynamically through the template {{source check}} (last update: 5 June 2024).

• If you have discovered URLs which were erroneously considered dead by the bot, you can report them with this tool.
• If you found an error with any archives or the URLs themselves, you can fix them with this tool.

Cheers.—InternetArchiveBot (Report bug) 20:16, 3 November 2016 (UTC)