2nd Wisconsin Infantry
Second Battle of Manassas
August 28, 1862
7:00 p.m.
4th Brigade (Gibbon), First Division (King)
Third Corps (McDowell), Army of Virginia, USA
2nd Wisconsin Infantry
Col. Edgar O'Conner
"Rebel infantry poured from the woods by the thousands. We were precisely on the brow of the hill in an open field. For an hour and fifteen minutes the most terrific fire imaginable was kept up; the hill top, the valley, and the wooded side of the hill beyond was a continuous sheet of flame. Darkness came on, the stars came out, and still the bullets filled the air."
-Pvt. Nathaniel Rollins
Marker can be reached from Pageland Lane (County Route 705) 1 mile north of Lee Highway (U.S. 29), on the right when traveling north.
Courtesy hmdb.org
