Battles of Manassas • Tour the Battlefield • Monuments • The Armies
The Deep Cut is Stop 7 of the Manassas Battlefield Driving Tour. The Deep Cut trail starts here and crosses the area of the Union advance, then follows the Confederate defences on the line of the Unfinished Railroad before returning to the parking area.
The Deep Cut is a continuation of the Unfinished Railroad at Stop Six. During the 1862 battle Federal troops assaulted Jackson’s men here in a series of desperate assaults that sometimes came down to hand to hand fighting. When ammunition ran out troops even threw rocks at the enemy. In the end the Confederate lines held and the badly bloodied Federal attackers were swept away by Longstreet’s counterattack when he reached the field.
Along the Deep Cut trail
Monument
Second Bull Run (Groveton) monument
Historical marker
Wisconsin Company US Sharpshooters marker
Wayside markers
Attack at Deep Cut wayside marker
On the Skirmish Line wayside marker
The Rock Fight wayside marker
Wayside markers
First (Stonewall) Brigade trailside marker
Second (Johnson’s) Brigade trailside marker
Fourth (Stafford’s) Brigade trailside marker
13th New York Infantry trailside marker
15th Alabama Infantry trailside markers
17th New York Infantry trailside marker
20th New York State Militia trailside marker
24th New York Infantry trailside marker
83rd Pennsylvania Infantry trailside marker
Beginning of the Deep Cut Trail, leaving the parking area. Union troops crossed thisopen field to arttack the Confederate position.
Location of Stop Seven
Stop Seven is on the west side of Featherbed Lane about 0.5 mile north of US 29 (Lee Highway) and 1/3 mile south of Stop Six.