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.

Text 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.

Location of the “Second Brigade” trailside marker

The marker is along the trail which connects the Deep Cut trail with the Brawner Farm trail. From the parking area at Stop Seven take the Deep Cut trail 1/3 mile to the Groveton Monument. Then take the branch of the trail that heads southwest (left) an additional 130 yards to the marker. (38°49’13.6″N 77°33’19.3″W)