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The 4th Alabama Infantry trailside marker is on the Matthews Hill Loop Trail which begins at Stop 4 on the Manassas Battlefield Driving Tour. Colonel Egbert J. Jones was wounded and captured. His statement to his captors is on the nearby Blocking the Union Advance wayside marker.
Text from the marker:
July 21, 1861
11:00 a.m.
3rd Brigade (Bee)
Army of the Shenandoah (Johnson), CSA
4th Alabama Infantry
“Our regiment had scarcely emerged from the timber before a murderous fire was opened on us by the Yankees. Our brave boys marched steadily up the hill in the face of the shower of balls. We were then ordered to halt and lie down. It was a critical moment, and a fearful position, but the boys stood it with courage and coolness.”
-Chaplain James G. Hudson
Location of the 4th Alabama Infantry trailside marker
The marker is along the Matthews Hill Loop Trail, which starts at the Matthews Hill parking area on the east side of Sudley Road, Virginia Route 234, about 0.7 mile north of US 29. It is on the part of the trail that runs along the open field closest to the edge of the woods, about 330 yards from the parking area. (38°49’32.9″N 77°31’48.8″W)