On the afternoon of May 2, 1862, with the words "You can go forward then," "Stonewall" Jackson launched one of the most famous and successful attacks of the Civil War. He led 30,000 men of his Second Corps to a point just beyond the Union army's right flank in this vicinity and deployed them astride the Orange Turnpike, modern Route 3, in three lines of battle, each one-half mile or more in length. Two hours before sunset, Jackson struck. As his men struggled through the tangled woods, they drove deer, rabbits, and turkeys ahead of them. The frightened animals bounded into the Union camps, causing the Northern soldiers to cheer, but their merriment quickly turned to fear as the Confederates stormed out of the woods screaming the Rebel Yell.