Battles of Manassas • Tour the Battlefield • Monuments • Facts • The Armies
The 49th Georgia Infantry trailside marker is along the Unfinished Railroad, reached from Stop 6 on the Manassas Battlefield Driving Tour.
Text from the trailside marker:
August 29, 1862
3:00 p.m.
Thomas’ Brigade, A.P. Hill’s Division
Left Wing (Jackson)
Army of Northern Virginia, CSA
49th Georgia Infantry
Lt. Col. S. M. Manning
“The enemy made a dash at our brigade, about 1500 strong, and broke our lines. It was a hand to hand fight. A part of our regiment was cut off from the rest, and I succeeded in attaching myself to the 14th South Carolina of Gregg’s Brigade, which was on our left. Taking a musket from a dead man I went in as a private and fought with that regiment for an hour and a half.”
– Adjutant Mark Newman
CSA Second Battle of Manassas
Location of the “Unfinished Railroad” trailside marker
The marker is on the on the west side of Featherbed Lane across from the parking area at Stop Six of the Manassas Battlefield Driving Tour. (38°49’31.7″N 77°32’56.6″W)