Roadside Marker #58

First Battle of Manassas
(Rt. 29, west of Rt. 234)

On the Mathews Hill, just to the north, the Confederates repulsed the attack of the Unionists. Coming from the north, in the forenoon of July 21, 1861. The Union forces, reinforced, drove the Confederates to the Henry Hill, just to the south. There the latter reformed under cover of Stonewall Jackson, in the afternoon, McDowell vainly attempted to rally his retreating troops on the Mathews Hill after they had been driven down the Henry Hill.
Erected 1931


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