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TextFairfax County History Commission Historical Roadside Marker
Action at Annandale
Marker Text: The roadbed for
the unfinished Manassas Gap Railroad was located in this immediate area
and crossed Indian Run creek in Poe Terrace Park. The stone bridge
abutments are still visible. Financial problems caused work to stop on
the railroad in 1857, but the roadbed provided a route that both the
Federal and Confederate armies used during the Civil War. Where the
roadbed crossed Little River Turnpike, approximately 200 Confederate
cavalrymen overran a barricade defended by the 45th New York Volunteers
on 2 December 1861. The skirmish ended when reinforcing troops from the
32nd New York Regiment joined the fight and the Confederates retreated
west toward Centreville.
Date Installed: 2010
Marker Credits: Funded by the Fairfax County Park Authority and the History Commission.
Marker Location: In Annandale, at the intersection of Little River Turnpike (Virginia Route 236) and Hillbrook Drive, on the right when traveling east on Little River Turnpike.
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