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Rock Fight
VA ,
USA
Latitude & Longitude:
38° 47' 24.748188",
-77° 38' 2.95926"
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Virginia State
Historical Marker
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In Aug. 1862, during the Second Battle of Manassas, Confederate Maj. Gen. Thomas J. Stonewall Jackson's command occupied an unfinished railroad grade northeast of here, including the Dump, a gap in the grade heaped with construction stone. On 30 Aug., the Federals attacked, the 24th New York Infantry almost broke through. Out of ammunition, Confederates there and at Deep Cut to the west, began hurling rocks. Some startled Federals threw stones back before retreating as Jackson reinforced his line. The Rock Fight became a Southern legend.
Last updated: 2/14/2015 15:17:00 |
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Related Themes: C.S.A., Confederate States of America, Confederacy, Union States
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