33rd Virginia Position

Information panel along the line of the 33rd VA Infantry on Henry Hill

NPS / Hassler

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A stop along the Henry Hill loop trail

On the afternoon of July 21 1861, the 33rd Virginia Infantry held the left end of Stonewall Jackson's line on Henry Hill. Threatened by newly arriving artillery to their front, the regiment charged forward, capturing two howitzers of Captain Charles Griffin's Union artillery battery. This attack is considered by many historians as the turning point of First Manassas