Stonewall Rock Fight

[Stiles/Akin]

 

[mofederal]

I have been there at the unfinished railroad cut. It is a good story. It shows to what depths desperate men will go to defend a position. It is a legend, one which I have read about several times.

 

[AUG]

"The Die Hards" by Don Troiani. Stafford's 2nd Louisiana Brigade in the railroad cut.

Here's an old thread I did on the fight for the railroad cut on August 30: https://civilwartalk.com/threads/the-fight-at-the-deep-cut-second-manassas.106280/

 

[Patrick H]

I first heard of this when I was very young--maybe eight years old or younger. I couldn't have said where it was or specifically when. I just remember my amazement that they were throwing rocks.

 

[James N.]

I first heard of this when I was very young--maybe eight years old or younger. I couldn't have said where it was or specifically when. I just remember my amazement that they were throwing rocks.

Here's the where - along the Railroad Cut at Manassas NBP: Above, along the trail that follows Jackson's line; below, marker for the placement of Starke's/Stafford's Louisiana Brigade.