To the south stood the farmhouse of James Robinson, a former slave freed by Landon Carter.
There, during the First Battle of Manassas on 21 July 1861, Col.
Wade Hampton's Legion covered the Confederates falling back to Henry Hill, where Jackson
stood "like a stone wall." The house survived that battle, and during the Second Battle of Manassas in August 1862
served the Union troops as a field hospital. Congress later authorized compensation to Robinson
for the property damages. The present house stands partially on the foundation of the original.
Erected 1991