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| Landmark #C-46 & C-48 | Fairfax County | Visited: Sept. 21, 2014 | Plaque? YES! 🙂 |
| What is it? | Two markers commemorating the Second Campaign and Battle of Manassas! |
| What makes it historical? | THE PLAQUE SAYS: Marker C-46: On the Henry Hill, Pope’s rear guard, in the late afternoon of August 30, 1862, repulsed the attacks of Longstreet coming from the west. If the hill had been taken, Pope’s army would have been doomed, but the Unionists held it while the rest of their troops retreated across Bull Run on the way to Centreville.
Marker C-48: Here, Taliaferro of Jackson’s force, came into the highway in the late night of August 27, 1862. He was marching from Manassas to the position about a mile and a half to the north held by Jackson in the second Battle of Manassas. OTHER TIDBITS: This battle was all about timing! The Union army had an important supply base at Manassas Junction, which the Confederate Army raided, and the Confederate Army had incentive to defeat John Pope’s army and take control of the area before General McClellan’s slow-moving troops arrived! General Pope was very brash and not well liked among his troops, and his efforts to take Lee by surprise amounted to nothing! The Confederate army crushed the Union army, and the survivors were absorbed by McClellan’s Army of the Potomac! General Pope was relieved of command within a week, thus proving that boasting alone does not win wars! |
| How can I Help the Helpers? | HERE’S HOW:
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| How do I find it? | Listed Directions: Rte. 234 (Sudley Road) 0.71 miles south of Rte. 29 (Lee Highway) Manassas, VA 20109 Annotations: From Appomattox: ~154mi (248km) — 2.6hrs |
| When should I go? | Whenever the mood strikes you! |