General John Pope made several disjointed attacks on Jackson's Corps and the lack of coordinated attacks led to the defeat of the numerically superior union army by an the confederate army.

General Lee and his two corps commanders, Longstreet and Jackson, met at this small clearing adjacent to the Warrenton Turnpike to discuss the coming battle and the disposition of the First Corps.

This marker is along the Warrenton Road and describes the battle of Second Manassas.