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Historical Highway MarkersBall's Bluff Masked BatteryT-51
Nearby is the likely site of the Confederate "masked battery" (concealed artillery) that was an object of Federal concern early in the Civil War. On 21 Oct. 1861, elements of the 13th Mississippi Infantry near there engaged 35 horsemen of the 3rd New York Cavalry sent to draw attention from the Union force upriver at Ball's Bluff and to reconnoiter Confederate positions in the direction of Leesburg. After a brief firefight, the New Yorkers withdrew to Edwards Ferry. The Confederate victor at the Battle of Ball's Bluff, Col. Nathan G. "Shanks" Evans, was later promoted to brigadier general, while the Union commander, Brig. Gen. Charles P. Stone, was imprisoned as the scapegoat for the Federal defeat.
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References/Bibliographic Citation: Byron Farwell, Ball’s Bluff: A Small Battle and Its Long Shadow (McLean, Va.: EPM Publications, 1990); Patricia L. Faust, ed., Historical Times Illustrated Encyclopedia of the Civil War (New York: Harper & Row Publishers, 1986); Kim Bernard Holien, Battle at Ball’s Bluff (Orange, Va.: Moss Publications, 1985); The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies. Prepared Under the Direction of the Secretary of War by Robert N. Scott. 129 Vols. (Washington: Government Printing Office, 1889-1901), 5:294. |