Second Brigade trailside marker

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The Second Brigade trailside marker is on the Deep Cut loop trail at Stop 7 of the Manassas Battlefield Driving Tour.

The Second Brigade trailside marker is on the Deep Cut loop trail at Stop 7 of the Manassas Battlefield Driving Tour.

From the marker:

August 30, 1862
3:15 p.m.

Jackson’s Division (Starke), Left Wing (Jackson)
Army of Northern Virginia, CSA

Second Brigade
Col. Bradley T. Johnson
21st Virginia 48th Virginia
42nd Virginia 1st Virginia Battalion

“We were fighting now as I never saw it done, we behind the railroad bank and the cut, which made a splendid breastwork, the enemy crowded in the field, their men falling fast, as we could plainly see.”
– Pvt. John Worsham
21st Virginia Infantry

CSA    Second Battle of Manassas

The Second Brigade trailside marker is on the Deep Cut loop trail at Stop 7 of the Manassas Battlefield Driving Tour.