In autumn 1863 Gen. Robert E. Lee's Army of Northern Virginia, with Lt. Gen. A. P. Hill's III
Corps in the lead, pursued Maj. Gen. George G. Meade's Union army as it withdrew toward
Washington. On the afternoon of 14 October Maj. Gen. Gouverneur K. Warren's II Corps,
Meade's rear guard, took a strong defensive position along this railroad embankment to meet an
impetuous attack by elements of Hill's corps from the northwest. The Confederates were repulsed
with heavy losses (about 1,300 casualties to Warren's 548), including and unsupported battery of
five guns about 500 yards north. Warren stealthily withdrew after dark to resume his march to
Centreville. About 43 Union and 137 Confederate Dead were buried on the field.
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