Campaign of Second Manassas
Stonewall Jackson, sent by Lee to move around Pope's retreating army at Centreville and cut it off from Alexandria, reached this place, August 31, 1862. Here Jackson turned east toward Fairfax.
1948 text, presented as a historical document.
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Marker data: Virginia Department of Conservation and Development, State Historical Markers of Virginia, 6th ed. (1948)
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