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Campaign of Second Manassas

Campaign of Second Manassas is a Virginia historical marker in Orange County, dedicated 1935.

Rte. 20, east of Orange, near intersection with Rte. 628

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Two miles north, near Pisgah Church, Jackson, Ewell and A. P. Hill camped, August 15-20, 1862, awaiting Longstreet.

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David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries

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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)
1864 · Middle Virginia and North Carolina (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)
1892 · Gordonsville, Virginia (USGS Historical Topographic Map Collection)

Central Virginia showing Lieut Gen'l U.S. Grant's Campaign and Marches, 1865, covering the location of Campaign of Second Manassas, with a pin at the marker's coordinates — Central Virginia showing Lieut Gen'l U.S. Grant's Campaign and Marches, 1865, covering this location. David Rumsey Map Collection, Stanford Libraries. The pin is ours, placed from the marker's coordinates.

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