Historic Marker (East)

This sign is the first historic marker upon entering Rappahannock County from the east (Culpeper County). It reads

CAMPAIGN OF SECOND MANASSAS

HERE, J.E.B. STUART, RAIDING AROUND POPE'S ARMY, TURNED NORTHEAST, AUGUST 22, 1862. HE PASSED THROUGH WARRENTON AND WENT ON TO CATLETT'S STATION, WHERE HE CAPTURED SOME OF POPE'S WAGONS, IN ONE OFF WHICH WERE FOUND POPE'S ORDER BOOK AND UNIFORM

CONSERVATION AND DEVELOPMENT
COMMISSION 1931