Campaign of Second Manassas

Campaign of Second Manassas is a Virginia historical marker in Fauquier County, dedicated 1928.

In Marshall, on W. Main Street between Manor Drive and Frost Street

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Near here Stonewall Jackson, after a march of twenty-six miles on his way to Bristoe Station, halted for a few hours to rest his men, August 25-26, 1862.

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Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

Historical maps covering this location

1818 · View of Richmond, Metropolis of Virginia (upper right sheet) (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1857 · Delaware And Maryland. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1859 · Virginia (Herman Boye, 1859) (Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)
1864 · Central Virginia showing Lieut. Gen'l. U.S. Grant's Campaign and marches of the armies… (Digital Commonwealth, Boston Public Library)
1865 · Central Virginia showing Lieut Gen'l U.S. Grant's Campaign and Marches. (David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries)

Virginia (Herman Boye, 1859), 1859, covering the location of Campaign of Second Manassas, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Virginia (Herman Boye, 1859), 1859, covering this location. Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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