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The 19th Indiana Infantry Regiment trailside marker is on the Brawner Farm loop trail at Stop One on the Manassas Battlefield Driving Tour.
Text from the trailside marker:
August 28, 1862
7:00 p.m.
4th Brigade (Gibbon), First Division (King)
Third Corps (McDowell), Army of Virginia, USA
19th Indiana Infantry
Col. Solomon Meredith
“The enemy was secreted under cover of a fence and did not make their appearance until we had approached to within 75 yards. Immediately upon our halting the enemy fired. Three different times they came up at a charge, but the 19th stood firm. They fell back to their fence each time.”
-Col. Solomon Meredith
USA Second Battle of Manassas
Location of the marker
The marker is near the Union Line trail that starts at the Brawner Farm, Stop One on the Manassas Battlefield Driving Tour, about 65 yards from the trailhead at the Brawner Farmhouse. (38°48’53.2″N 77°33’43.3″W)