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The 2nd New Hampshire Infantry trailside marker is on the Matthews Hill Loop Trail which begins at Stop 4 on the Manassas Battlefield Driving Tour.
Text from the marker:
July 21, 1861
11:00 a.m.
2nd Brigade (Burnside), Second Division (Hunter)
Army of Northeastern Virginia, USA
2nd New Hampshire Infantry
“With the 71st New York State Militia on its left, the 2nd New Hampshire rushed to the front, and opened its store of buck and ball on the enemy. In front of the 2nd the rebels were well covered from view by the dense brush along a line of rail fence in the edge of the woods; but the men aimed low and blazed away. It was a square stand-up fight.”
-Pvt. Martin Haynes
Location of the 2nd New Hampshire 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 into the woods along the east side of the field, about 400 yards from the parking area.