Near the Visitor Center is this map with
the following numbered points indicating the key points of the battle.
Photo and positions courtesy of Craig Swain, Leesburg, VA
1 - Jackson and Lee met here May 1.
2 - Jackson's flank maneuver early morning May 2.
3 - Hooker convinced that Jackson was in retreat, met with
some success here.
4 - Lee's position May 2 thwarts Union left flank.
5 - Federal troops resting unaware of Jackson's imminent
attack and stampeded.
6 - Jackson halts here to make a reconnaissance.
7 - Jackson reconnoiters (Burton Farm).
8 - 6 p.m. Jackson drives forward, stampeding the Eleventh
Corps. His wide line overlapping the Union's desperate attempts to reform.
9 - 7 p.m. Here remnants of the Eleventh Corps make a last
stand.
10 - Eleventh Corps Retreating.
11 - Jackson mortally wounded here.
12 - Hazel Grove. Confederate guns batter the Federals
May 3.
13 - Federal troops retreating May 3.
14 - Hooker's last defensive line May 3,4,5. |