Behind this marker was a ridge line which a prepared Confederate trench led to a prepared defensive position near the intersection of Liberia Avenue and Quarry Road.
The actual location of the Confederate signal station is at the present day intersection of Signal Hill Road & Blooms Road. Alexander's timely warning enabled Evans to intercept the Union flanking column and buy time for Confederate reinforcements, contributing significantly to the Confederate victory at First Manassas." Amenities Bull Run Regional Park Manassas National Battlefield Park SplashDown Waterpark Prince William County Fairgrounds Old Town Historic Manassas. Evans, in command of the Stone Bridge, "Look out for your left, you are turned." It was the first time in history that the wigwag system had been used in combat. He immediately signaled the Van Pelt station to warn Colonel Nathan G. Closer scrutiny revealed the glittering of bayonets and musket barrels." Alexander had spotted a large Union column marching toward Sudley Springs to turn the Confederate left flank. I recognized it at once as the reflection of the morning sun from a brass field-piece. Alexander later wrote that when he looked to the left of that station at about 8:45 a.m., "my eye was caught by a glitter in this narrow band of green. A Union diversionary attack at the Stone Bridge seven miles northwest required him to keep watch on the Van Pelt signal station. On the morning of July 21, 1861, Alexander was posted here.
As Union General Irvin McDowell's army approached, the Centreville station was abandoned, but Alexander's signalmen remained at the other three stations and "wig-wagged" messages from one end of Beauregard's Bull Run line to the other. Because the hilltop was devoid of trees, it offered excellent sight lines to the north and west without building a signal tower. "This elevation behind the Confederate right flank at Manassas in July 1861 was one of four Confederate signal stations established by Captain Edward Porter Alexander, General P. This Virginia Civil War Trails marker titled 'Signal Hill' is on Signal View Drive across from Signal Hill Park in Manassas.
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