71st New York State Militia
July 21, 1861
11:00 a.m.
2nd Brigade (Burnside), 2nd Division (Hunter)
Army of Northeastern Virginia, USA
71st New York State Militia
Col. Henry P. Martin
"The Alabama 4th, which had long ago expressed, in print, their desire to meet the New York 71st, deployed from a wood. The 71st, recognizing them, answered the challenge with a shout, and, springing forward, delivered a volley of musketry. They then charged down the hill upon them with tremendous vigor, intending to take them with the bayonet. But the Alabamians did not like the war-whoop, nor its prologue, so after a volley and a short pause, they took back to cover, leaving their dead on the field."
-Augustus T. Francis
Regimental Historian
Marker can be reached from Sudley Road (State Road 234), on the right when traveling north.
Courtesy hmdb.org
