Fighting in Twilight

Historical marker location:

Manassas, Virginia

( Marker can be reached from Lee Highway - formerly Warrenton Turnpike (U.S. 29) east of Groveton Road, on the right when traveling east.)

The Hatch-Hood Collision. Second Battle of Manassas - Day Two - August 29, 1862.

Virginia is known as the "Mother of Presidents" because eight U.S. presidents were born there. Additionally, two more presidents, William Henry Harrison and Zachary Taylor, were born in what is now Virginia before it became a state.