Company B, 4th U.S. Artillery
Second Battle of Manassas
August 28, 1862
6:30 p.m.
1st Division (King), Third Corps (McDowell),
Army of Virginia, USA
Company B, 4th U.S. Artillery
Capt. Joseph B. Campbell
Six 12-pounder Napoleons
"Campbell's pieces came up on the gallop, these fences along the pike being torn down to let them pass into the field. With shells bursting about them, they were placed in position and began to reply rapidly from the knoll from where I had first caught sight of the enemy's guns.
- Brig. Gen. John Gibbon
Marker can be reached from Lee Highway (U.S. 29), on the right when traveling west.
Courtesy hmdb.org
