Second Manassas Sites

In 1906 the State of New York authorized the erection of three monuments on the field of the Second Battle of Manassas, honoring the sacrifices of the Fifth New York Volunteers, the Tenth New York Volunteers, and the Fourteenth Brooklyn.

On the afternoon of 30 August, 1862, Union General John Pope ordered an attack on "Stonewall" Jackson's position here at the Deep Cut.

This monument, located at Stop #9 on the park's self-guided driving tour, was dedicated in 1907 by veterans of the 14th Brooklyn Regiment. This unit saw action in both the First and Second Battles of Manassas.

The Unfinished Railroad Grade served as the focal point of "Stonewall" Jackson's Confederate line during the Battle of Second Manassas.

Throughout August 29, 1862, Federal troops repeatedly attacked Jackson's left flank - Gen. Maxcy Gregg's South Carolina Brigade - on a knoll just west of here.

On August 28, 1862, Federal and Confederate soldiers clashed on the fields around the Brawner Farm.

In 1860, Benjamin Chinn and his family lived here in a two-and-a-half story frame farmhouse. Known as "Hazel Plain," the modest plantation comprised several hundred acres. The property was typical of those in Prince William County, yielding wheat, corn, oats, and potatoes for cash and subsistence. Like roughly one-third of their immediate neighbors, the Chinn family owned slaves.

In 1861 and again in 1862, this historic stone structure, was used as a makeshift hospital during and after the First and Second Battles of Manassas.