Battles of Manassas • Tour the Battlefield • Monuments • The Armies
Stop 4 of the Manassas Battlefield Driving Tour is Matthews Hill. This area saw an important part of the fighting early in the day of the 1861 battle, and served as a rear area and staging point for Federal forces in 1862. It is the trailhead for the Matthews Hill loop trail, and other trails lead from here to the Unfinished Railroad, the Stone Bridge, and the Stone House and Visitor Center on Henry Hill.
The Matthews Hill orientation marker and the trailhead for the Matthews Hill loop trail
Markers along the trail or at Stop 4:
Matthews Hill orientation marker
2nd New Hampshire Infantry trailside marker
2nd Rhode Island Infantry trailside marker
4th Alabama Infantry trailside marker
8th Georgia Infantry trailside marker
71st New York State Militia trailside markers
Blocking the Union Advance wayside marker
First Contact wayside marker
George T. Stovall monument
Rhode Island Battery trailside marker
U.S. Infantry Battalion trailside marker
Location
Matthews Hill is on Sudley Road, Virginia Route 234, about 0.7 mile north of US 29. The parking area is on the east side of Sudley Road.