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Second Manassas Battlefield: A Driving Tour B 1 Driving tour stop Battlefield Park Today ull (see text at left) 659 Run 00.5 1 Kilometer Parking area This 16-mile driving tour is designed to cover vulnerable left flank long enough for Pope to 11 sites that figured prominently in the second form a rearguard on Henry Hill. The stone foun- 00.5 Mile 1 Sudley Ford Manassas National battle. Each description is keyed by number to dationis all that remains of Hazel Plain, the North Su dley 234 Battlefield Park the modern map of the battlefield at right. house of Benjamin Chinn. A trail leads to the C R land a eek oa boulder marker for Col. Fletcher Webster, eld- tharpin Cr d Sudley Springs Ford Unpaved road Thornberry House Poplar Caution: Two heavily traveled highways divide est son of Sen. Daniel Webster, killed leading Ford Henry Hill Loop Trail Historic house the park. U.S. 29 follows the historical roadbed the 12th Massachusetts Infantry into battle. (1 mile) Bu ll R site of the Warrenton Turnpike, an important com- Sudley United un un R Po First Manassas Trail Methodist Church 4 ll st mercial highway before the war and which From tour stop 9 turn right on Va. 234. At the (5.4 miles) (rebuilt 1922) Bu O ff played a major part in both battles. The Sudley traffic light, turn left on Battleview Parkway ic e e Second Manassas Trail n R Road (Va. 234) crosses the turnpike at the and follow signs to tour stop 10. a o (6.2 miles) L a Stone House. Use caution in driving across or d e d e d turning onto and off of these highways. 10 Portici The plantation house of Francis Lewis Other walking trail a b r stood atop the ridge to the east. Massive brick er G h t 621 1 Battery Heights In the late afternoon of August chimneys flanked the frame house, which had a d Horseback riding e a F o r 28, 1862, Stonewall Jackson ordered his troops served as Confederate headquarters during the (get information il at visitor centers) a to attack a Union column as it marched past on First Battle of Manassas. On August 30, 1862, R Carter E d Farm the Warrenton Turnpike in front of the hidden across the Warrenton Turnpike, Longstreet’s during the Second Battle of Manassas, Union e Family Pittsylvania G 622 sh Cemetery Ford Confederate position north of the road. As the troops arrived on the battlefield and, unknown and Confederate cavalry clashed on these fields. D i MATTHEWS I in Law Stone R f Enforcement lead elements of Gen. Rufus King’s Union divi- to Pope, deployed on Jackson’s right flank, The house was destroyed by fire in late 1862. n 3 HILL Bridge U Office way High sion emerged from the woods to the west, overlapping the exposed Union left. Lee urged Van 11 29 Lee Longstreet to attack, but “Old Pete” demurred. 11 Y Pelt Jackson pushed his infantry forward from the Stone Bridge Finally, under cover of darkness, N 5 Youngs 705 O B Wheelchair r distant ridge into this open field. King’s troops The time was just not right, he said. the defeated Union army withdrew across Bull T BUCK HILL a access n S c swung to meet this attack and for one-and-a- Run in this vicinity toward Centreville and the h E G 5 D I half hours the two lines fought resolutely, in Unfinished Railroad Jackson’s line covered a Washington defenses beyond. Lee’s bold and e 6 S R 2 n u d front of about one and one-half miles, extend- a some places only 80 yards apart. In that short brilliant Second Manassas campaign opened N Stone L l D A e o y House time this opening struggle of the Second Battle ing from near the Sudley Church to a point the way for the South’s first invasion of the g J. Dogan G a O Robinson nd n House D of Manassas inflicted casualties amounting to three-quarters of a mile southwest of here. The north and possible European recognition of a l e B center of his line rested in this area. The focal ranc almost one-third of the 7,000 men engaged. the Confederate government. g h a Groveton R point of Jackson’s position was the bed of the P Confederate 29 o h Cemetery a Henry House c d n 2 Stone House Convinced that Jackson was iso- unfinished railroad. The grade is still visible run- ra Lewis Brawner 7 B L. Dogan Ford lated, Pope ordered his columns to converge ning into the woods on both sides of the road. House N House Y E upon and attack the Confederates. He was sure G Visitor s A To Centreville and D m v I e u Washington, D.C. he could destroy Jackson before Lee and Long- 6 Deep Cut The morning of August 30 passed R Center k 1 y l Balls ay -wa o w e H street intervened. During the fighting on Au- quietly. Just before noon, erroneously conclud- igh d on NIA Ball Family Ford a I H 8 h RG Wheelchair c VI E o N EG Cemetery gust 30, Pope made his headquarters directly ing the Confederates were retreating, Pope e n ER LL e R O L access a RTH C ) r NO NITY pus behind this house. The house served as a field ordered his army forward in “pursuit.” The pur- N B MU Cam COM ssas Portici IN n na n a tw n (M Virginia State hospital during First and Second Manassas. suit, however, was short-lived. Pope found that H o i o -w C a h t h y 10 Welcome Center c C e Lee had gone nowhere. Amazingly, Pope or- e an Cundiff v n y L a wa rkwa o 9 - a r r one P y o 3 Matthews Hill On August 29, Pope’s army dered yet another attack against Jackson’s line. r d B Chinn Hooe w an G ie Family Battlev V found Jackson’s troops behind the cuts and fills More than 5,000 troops under Gen. Fitz-John S Picnic T s Cemetery R Area g of an unfinished railroad grade west of here. Porter moved forward across the road into the A L n L U I u T Yo Throughout the day the fields across the road field and crashed into Jackson’s line in the area S H Park Headquarters 705 Stuart’s Hill Center were awash with Union soldiers forming for as- around the “Deep Cut.” There the Southerners 66 Exit 47 saults against the Confederates. Jackson’s line held firmly, and Porter’s column was hurled (open to public - summer only) W. Lewis was strained, but remained unbroken. Union back in a bloody repulse. A trail of about one- The possession of metal detectors BULL RUN d and hunting for relics are strictly artillery batteries took position along the ridge third of a mile begins at the road and traces To Roa 621 REGIONAL PARK rd prohibited. across the road, while Pope’s headquarters the footsteps of Porter’s gallant troops. Gainesville 622 Fo and Front Royal s Bul ll l R were established on Buck Hill south of here. a 234 Visitors must possess a valid park un No B 7 rf entrance pass while visiting the Groveton The small, white frame L. Dogan olk park, using trails, and/or sitting in -So 4 Sudley Throughout the day on August 29, Fed- House is all that remains of the wartime village uth parked vehicles in parking lots. er eral troops made several unsuccessful attempts of Groveton and one of only three Civil War- n Rail road To Manassas to smash through the extreme left of Jackson’s era houses remaining in the park. Nearby line, positioned on the knoll just west of here. Groveton Confederate Cemetery contains the While the fighting raged here, far to the south remains of more than 260 Confederate sol- diers. The identity of only a handful is known. 8 New York Monuments On the afternoon of August 30, seeing the Union lines in disarray following the repulse of Porter, Longstreet pushed his massive columns forward and stag- gered the Union left flank. A brief, futile stand on this ridge by the 5th and 10th New York Regiments ended in slaughter. In five minutes the 5th New York lost 123 men killed, the greatest loss of life in any single infantry regi- ment in any battle of the Civil War. 9 Chinn Ridge Stretched along this ridge, Union troops desperately struggled on August 30 to delay Longstreet’s counterattack upon Pope’s Manassas National Battlefield Bull Run - Manassas, Virginia Length Difficulty Streams Views Solitude Camping 5.3 mls N/A Hiking Time: 3 hours with a half hour for lunch Elev. Gain: 350 ft Links: Manassas National Battlefield Park Directions from DC: Take I66 west to Manassas exit 47B VA234, north on VA234 for 0.8 miles, turn right into the Manassas National Battlefield Park entrance and park at the visitors center. Mapped Driving Directions From the visitors center parking area walk over to the statue of General Thomas J. Jackson. This is where Brigadier General Barnard E. Bee, trying to rally his troops, pointed to General Thomas J. Jackson's line where the cannons now stand, and shouted 'There stands Jackson like a stone wall! Rally behind the Virginians!' From this point walk past to the cannons and line of trees where the main section of the blue blazed First Manassas Trail loop starts.

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