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historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMC03_21st-georgia-infantry_Gainesville-VA.html
August 28, 18627:15 p.m.
Trimble's Brigade, Ewell's DivisionLeft Wing (Jackson)Army of Northern Virginia, CSA
21st Georgia INfantryCapt. Thomas C. Glover"The fence being reached, the work of death commenced at short range. From this fence we…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBZO_76th-new-york-infantry_Gainesville-VA.html
August 28, 18627:15 p.m.
2nd Brigade (Doubleday), First Division (King)Third Corps (McDowell), Army of Virginia, USA
76th New York Infantry("Cortland County Regiment")Col. W.P. Wainwright"Waving their colors defiantly, the rebels advanced fr…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMBFO_company-b-4th-u-s-artillery_Gainesville-VA.html
August 28, 18626:30 p.m.
1st Division (King), Third Corps (McDowell),Army of Virginia, USA
Company B, 4th U.S. ArtilleryCapt. Joseph B. CampbellSix 12-pounder Napoleons"Campbell's pieces came up on the gallop, these fences along the pike bei…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5BQ_2nd-wisconsin-infantry_Gainesville-VA.html
August 28, 18627:00 p.m.
4th Brigade (Gibbon), First Division (King)Third Corps (McDowell), Army of Virginia, USA
2nd Wisconsin InfantryCol. Edgar O'Conner"Rebel infantry poured from the woods by the thousands. We were precisely on the brow …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5BO_first-brigade_Gainesville-VA.html
August 28, 18627:00 p.m.
Jackson's Division (W. B. Taliaferro)Left Wing (Jackson)Army of Northern Virginia, CSA
First Brigade(The Stonewall Brigade)Col. William S. Baylor2nd Virginia 5th Virginia4th Virginia 27th Virginia33rd Virginia"Here o…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5BK_jackson-strikes_Gainesville-VA.html
Union troops were approaching from the west, raising a long cloud of dust on Warrenton Pike. They did not suspect any Confederate infantry in the area and paid little attention to a lone cavalryman trotting back and forth along this ridge. The hor…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM5AZ_19th-indiana-infantry_Gainesville-VA.html
August 28, 18627:00 p.m.
4th Brigade (Gibbon), First Division (King)Third Corps (McDowell), Army of Virginia, USA
19th Indiana InfantryCol. Solomon Meredith"The enemy was secreted under cover of a fence and did not make their appearance unti…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HM31B_lee-longstreet-and-jackson-meeting_Gainesville-VA.html
This marker erected by the Haymarket Agricultural Club, indicates the spot where General R.E. Lee, General Longstreet, and General Jackson, met on August 29th, 1862, about 12.30 P.M. As certified by Lieut. Col. Edmund Berkeley, sole survivor of th…
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMTV_second-battle-of-manassas_Gainesville-VA.html
The center of Lee's army rested here on August 30, 1862; Jackson was to the north of this road, Longstreet to the south. Late in the afternoon, after Jackson had repulsed Pope's assaults, Longstreet moved eastward, driving the Union forces facing …
historicalmarkerproject/markers/HMRL_the-shirley-cemetery_Gainesville-VA.html
This small family cemetery is the final resting place of Richard O. (1802-1857) and Susan (1813-1880) Shirley and possibly several of their six children.
Richard Shirley was a farmer and tavern keeper who owned approximately 400 acres of land n…