Battles of Manassas • Tour the Battlefield • Monuments • Facts • The Armies
The “Federal Artillery Position” trailside marker is next to the monument to the 14th New York State Militia Regiment near the north end of New York Avenue on the way to Stop 9 of the Manassas Battlefield Driving Tour.
Text from the maker:
August 29 & 30, 1862
Federal Artillery Position
A succession of Union artillery batteries
occupied this ridge throughout
August 29 and 30, 1862.
August 29
Company I, 1st Ohio Light Artillery
Capt. Hubert Dilger (9-11 a.m.)
2nd Battery, New York Light Artillery
Lt. Theodore Blume (11 a.m. – 1 p.m.)
Company E, 2nd U.S. Artillery
Lt. Samuel N. Benjamin (Noon – 3 p.m.)
1st Battery, New Hampshire Light Artillery
Capt. George A. Gerrish (7 p.m., one gun captured)
August 30
Company B, 1st Pennsylvania Light Artillery
Capt. James H. Cooper (10 a.m. – 1 p.m.)
Company D, 5th U.S. Artillery
Lt. Charles E. Hazlett (2:30 – 4 p.m.)
USA Second Battle of Manassas
Location of the “Federal Artillery Position” trailside marker
The marker is next to the monument to the 14th New York State Militia Regiment. It is 50 yards south of the Lee Highway (U.S. 29) and about 250 yards east of Groveton Road. There is a parking area on the west side of New York Avenue and a 125 yard path up the hill to the monument and the markers. (38°48’46.6″N 77°32’46.6″W)