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The Second (Tower’s) Brigade trailside marker was on the Chinn Ridge trail on the Second Bull Run battlefield outsde Manassas, Virgnia.
The marker has been removed, but is included here for historical information.
Text from the monument:
August 30, 1862
5:15 p.m.
Second Division (Ricketts)
Third Corps (McDowell)
Army of Virginia, USA
Second Brigade
Brig. Gen. Zealous B. Tower
26th New York – 88th Pennsylvania
94th New York – 90th Pennsylvania
“The regiment rushed up on the double quick and the companies deployed as best they could, facing the enemy’s line near the Chinn House. Very soon the Confederates advanced in many lines of battle. We at once opened fire on them, checking their advance. But the infantry fire was so very destructive that our men were at a loss how to return it effectively. It was just impossible to get the companies in order to successfully resist the Rebel advance.”
-John Vautier
88th Pennsylvania Infantry
