| Virginia (Culpeper County), Culpeper — F 19 — Battle of Cedar Mountain |
| | During the afternoon of 9 Aug. 1862, Confederate Maj. Gen. Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson's division led by Maj. Gen. Richard S. Ewell and Brig. Gen. Charles S. Winder fought Union troops led by Maj. Gen. Nathaniel P. Banks about three miles south. Winder was mortally wounded. Banks attacked Winder's troops, who buckled under the Federal assault until Jackson rallied them. Assisted by the arrival of Maj. Gen. A.P. Hill's Light Division, the Confederates struck back early in the evening and Banks's . . . — Map (db m4434) HM |
| Virginia (Orange County), Orange — F 32 — Campaign of Second Manassas |
| | Near here Stonewall Jackson camped, August 13-15, 1862, just after the Cedar Mountain engagement. — Map (db m4765) HM |
| Virginia (Orange County), Verdiersville — JJ 12 — Stuart's "Very Narrow Escape" |
| | At dawn on 18 Aug. 1862, Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart was awakened by the clatter of approaching cavalry. Expecting Maj. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee to join him in scouting Maj. Gen. John Pope's Union army, Stuart was surprised by Federal troopers instead. Mounting his horse Skylark, Stuart vaulted a fence and barely escaped, but lost his hat. The next day, he wrote his wife that "I am greeted on all sides with congratulations and 'where's your hat!' I intend to make the Yankees pay for that hat." On 22 Aug., . . . — Map (db m4696) HM |
| Virginia (Rappahannock County), Amissville — C-61 — Campaign of Second Manassas |
| | Here, J.E.B. Stuart, raiding around Pope’s army, turned northeast, August 22, 1862. He passed through Warrenton and went on to Catlett’s Station, where he captured some of Pope’s wagons, in one of which were found Pope’s order book and uniform. — Map (db m8294) HM |
| Virginia (Culpeper County), Amissville — C-8 — Stuart's Ride Around Pope |
| | Stuart, starting here with his cavalry on August 22, 1862, rode around Pope's army to Catlett's Station. He destroyed supplies and army material and captured Pope's headquarters wagons. — Map (db m7729) HM |
| Virginia (Fauquier County), Warrenton — C-60 — Second Manassas Campaign — Strategic Rappahannock River Crossings |
| | A mile northwest stood Waterloo Bridge, where on 22 Aug. 1862 Maj. Gen. J. E. B. Stuart crossed the Rappahannock River to threaten the rear of Union Maj. Gen. John Pope’s army 14 miles southeast at Catlett Station on the Orange & Alexandria Railroad. Pope’s men guarded several downstream crossings, including Fauquier White Sulphur Springs (3 miles south), Freeman’s Ford, Beverly’s Ford, Rappahannock Bridge, Norman’s Ford, and Kelly'’s Ford (16 miles). Gen. Robert E. Lee sent Maj. Gen. Thomas J. . . . — Map (db m36792) HM |
| Virginia (Fauquier County), Warrenton — C 58 — Second Manassas Campaign — Stuart's Catlett Station Raid |
| | On 22 Aug. 1862, Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart led his cavalry on a raid behind Maj. Gen. John Pope's army. Stuart crossed the Rappahannock River at Waterloo Bridge, two miles west, then rode around Pope's right flank just north of here to attack Catlett Station on the Orange & Alexandria Railroad after dark. The raid did little damage but Stuart captured Pope's colorful dress uniform coat. Stuart, who earlier had lost his plumed hat to Union cavalry, soon wrote Pope suggesting an exchange of . . . — Map (db m7747) HM |
| Virginia (Culpeper County), Amissville — G-9 — Campaign of Second Manassas |
| | Here Lee and Jackson had their headquarters. Here, August 24, 1862, they formed the plan to attack Pope’s line of supply and bring him to battle before McClellan could join him. — Map (db m23959) HM |
| Virginia (Rappahannock County), Amissville — C-6 — Campaign of Second Manassas |
| | Here Stonewall Jackson, on his march around Pope’s army by way of Jeffersonton to Bristoe Station, turned north, August 25, 1862. — Map (db m8263) HM |
| Virginia (Orange County), Orange — JJ 6 — Campaign of Second Manassas |
| | Two miles north, near Pisgah Church, Jackson, Ewell and A.P. Hill camped, August 15-20, 1862 — Map (db m4698) HM |
| Virginia (Fauquier County), Marshall — FB-4 — Campaign of Second Manassas |
| | Near here Stonewall Jackson, after a march of twenty-six miles on his way to Bristoe Station, halted for a few hours to rest his men, August 25-26, 1862 — Map (db m1358) HM |
| Virginia (Fauquier County), The Plains — F-9 — Campaign of Second Manassas |
| | Here Jackson, on his march around Pope to Bristoe Station, turned to the Southeast, August 26, 1862.
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| Virginia (Prince William County), Gainesville — C 28 — Campaign of Second Manassas |
| | On 25 Aug. 1862, Maj. Gen. Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson with half of the Confederate Army of Northern Virginia began a wide flanking march around Union Maj. Gen. John Pope’s Army of Virginia on the Rappahannock River near Warrenton. Jackson first marched west toward the Shenandoah Valley, then turned back east to strike Pope’s railroad supply and communication lines. On the afternoon of 26 Aug., Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart joined Jackson near Gainesville to protect his right flank. . . . — Map (db m2012) HM |
| Virginia (Fauquier County), Orlean — CB-1 — Campaign of Second Manassas |
| | Here Lee and Longstreet, on their way to join Jackson, then at Bristoe Station, camped on August 26, 1862. — Map (db m23945) HM |
| Virginia (Fauquier County), Warrenton — C 54 — Second Manassas Campaign — Manassas Junction Operations |
| | Eight miles southeast, at Bristoe (then Bristoe Station), Maj. Gen. Ambrose P. Hill's division of Maj. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson's corps destroyed the Orange & Alexandria Railroad bridges over Kettle Run and Broad Run on 27 Aug. 1862. The evening before, Jackson had captured Bristoe Station, derailed three trains bound for Manassas Junction, and then, in a rare night attack, seized the huge Federal supply depot at the junction. When Union Maj. Gen. John Pope's army approached from . . . — Map (db m4799) HM |
| Virginia (Fauquier County), Broad Run — FA-1 — Campaign of Second Manassas |
| | Lee and Longstreet, moving eastward to join Jackson at Manassas, found this gap held by a Union force, August 28, 1862. They forced the gap, after some fighting, and moved on toward Manassas, August 29, 1862. — Map (db m607) HM |
| Virginia (Prince William County), Manassas — C-48 — Campaign of Second Manassas |
| | Here Taliaferro, of Jackson’s force, came into the highway in the late night of August 27, 1862. He was marching from Manassas to the position about a mile and a half to the north held by Jackson in the Second Battle of Manassas. — Map (db m604) HM |
| Virginia (Fairfax County), Centreville — C-40 — Campaign of Second Manassas |
| | Seven miles south is Manassas, where Jackson, on his turning movement around Pope, destroyed vast quantities of supplies, August 26–27, 1862. Hill and Ewell of Jackson's force, coming from Manassas, reached Centreville on their way to Jackson's position north of Groveton, August 28, 1862. — Map (db m411) HM |
| Virginia (Prince William County), Manassas — C-46 — Second Battle of Manassas |
| | On Henry Hill, Pope’s rear guard, in the late afternoon of August 30, 1862, repulsed the attacks of Longstreet coming from the west. If the hill had been taken, Pope’s army would have been doomed; but the Unionists held it while the rest of their troops retreated across Bull Run on the way to Centreville. — Map (db m605) HM |
| Virginia (Loudoun County), South Riding — B 11 — Campaign of Second Manassas |
| | Stonewall Jackson, sent by Lee to move around Pope's retreating army at Centreville and cut if off from Alexandria, reached this place, August 31, 1862. Here Jackson turned east towards Fairfax. — Map (db m2262) HM |
| Virginia (Fairfax County), Chantilly — B 11 — Battle of Chantilly (Ox Hill) |
| | The Battle of Chantilly (Ox Hill) took place here 1 September, 1862. Union General John Pope's Army, retreating after defeat by Lee at Second Manassas, clashed with Jackson's divisions which were attempting to prevent Pope from reaching Washington. Although Union generals Kearny and Stevens were killed, Jackson's men were held off by the smaller Union force. The battle ended the Second Manassas campaign and led to Lee's invasion of Maryland. — Map (db m55932) HM |
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