15th Alabama Infantry
Second Battle of Manassas
August 28, 1862
7:15 p.m.
Trimble's Brigade, Ewell's Division
Left Wing (Jackson)
Army of Northern Virginia, CSA
15th Alabama Infantry
Maj. A. A. Lowther
"My position in line at this fence was in the immediate rear of Alonzo Watson. We were both on our knees, he firing through a crakc, and I firing over the top of the fence. My left elbow was at once time resting on his shoulder when all at once I heard a "thud" and poor 'Lonzo began to relax and sink, exclaiming in a low tone 'Oh Lordy, I am a dead man.' These were his last words. I didn't move, and kept loading and firing until the fight was over."
-Sgt. William A. McLendon
Marker can be reached from Lee Highway (U.S. 29), on the right when traveling west.
Courtesy hmdb.org
