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Related Historical Markers
Virginia State markers for the Second Manassas Campaign.
By Craig Swain
Virginia Markers F 16 and F 19
SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
| On James Madison Highway (U.S. 15) at Madison Road, on the right when traveling south on James Madison Highway. |
| | 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. . . . — — Map (db m4434) HM |
| On James Madison Highway (U.S. 15), on the right when traveling south. |
| | Near here Stonewall Jackson camped, August 13-15, 1862, just after the Cedar Mountain engagement. — — Map (db m4765) HM |
| On Constitution Highway (State Highway 20) at Mine Run Road (County Route 621), on the right when traveling east on Constitution Highway. |
| | 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. . . . — — Map (db m4696) HM |
| On Lee Highway (U.S. 211) east of Holly Springs Road / Weaver Road (County Route 639), on the right when traveling west. |
| | 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 |
| On Old Bridge Road (County Route 622) at Waterloo Road (County Route 613), on the right when traveling north on Old Bridge Road. |
| | 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 |
| On Lee Highway (U.S. 211) west of Leeds Manor Road / Harts Mill Road (County Route 688), on the right when traveling east. |
| | 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 . . . — — Map (db m36792) HM |
| On Lee Highway (U.S. 211) at Holtzclaw Road (County Route 681), on the right when traveling east on Lee Highway. |
| | 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 . . . — — Map (db m7747) HM |
| On Lee Highway (U.S. 211) at Reedville Road (Virginia Route 229), on the right when traveling east on Lee Highway. |
| | 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 |
| On Lee Highway (U.S. 211) west of Viewtown Road (County Route 642), on the right when traveling west. |
| | 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 |
| On Constitution Highway (Virginia Route 20) at Clifton Road (County Route 628), on the right when traveling west on Constitution Highway. |
| | Two miles north, near Pisgah Church, Jackson, Ewell and A.P. Hill camped, August 15-20, 1862 — — Map (db m4698) HM |
| On West Main Street / John Marshall Highway (Virginia Route 55), on the right when traveling east. |
| | 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 |
| On Loudoun Avenue (County Route 626) north of John Marshall Highway (Virginia Route 55), on the left when traveling north. |
| | Here Jackson, on his march around Pope to Bristoe Station, turned to the Southeast, August 26, 1862.
— — Map (db m1250) HM |
| On Lee Highway (U.S. 29), on the right when traveling east. |
| | 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. . . . — — Map (db m155225) HM |
| On Leeds Manor Road (County Route 688) south of John Barton Payne Road (County Route 732), on the left when traveling south. |
| | Here Lee and Longstreet, on their way to join Jackson, then at Bristoe Station, camped on August 26, 1862. — — Map (db m23945) HM |
| On Lee Highway / Alexandria Turnpike (U.S. 15/29) at Broad Run Church Road (County Route 600), on the right when traveling east on Lee Highway / Alexandria Turnpike. |
| | 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 . . . — — Map (db m4799) HM |
| On John Marshall Highway (Virginia Route 55) at Beverleys Mill Road, on the right when traveling west on John Marshall Highway. |
| | 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 |
| On Sudley Road (Virginia Route 234) north of Exit 47 (Interstate 66), on the right when traveling north. |
| | 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 m108460) HM |
| On Machen Road at Lee Highway (U.S. 29), on the right when traveling south on Machen Road. |
| | 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 . . . — — Map (db m411) HM |
| On Sudley Road (Virginia Route 234) north of Exit 47 (Interstate 66), on the right when traveling north. |
| | On the 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 . . . — — Map (db m108461) HM |
| On John Mosby Highway (U.S. 50) west of Pleasant Valley Road (the one in Loudoun County), on the right when traveling east. |
| | 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 |
| On Fairfax County Parkway (County Route 7100) at Monument Drive, on the right when traveling north on Fairfax County Parkway. |
| | 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. . . . — — Map (db m55932) HM |
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