See Charles E. Brehm & Eugene P. Geer Carvings, Manassas National Battlefield Park, Virginia

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On the second day of battle the Stone House continued to serve as a hospital. Some Union troops also buried their men in the yard of the Stone House. Two members of the 5th New York Volunteer Infantry, Privates Charles E. Brehm, age 21, and Eugene P. Geer, age 17, arrived at the Stone House after being wounded late in the battle, and were taken to an upstairs room. At some point during their stay, both men carved their names into the floorboards of the room they were in. Brehm's carving appears as "Brehm Aug 30", and Geer, unable to complete his last name, left the carving "E.P. Ge." Brehm survived the war and lived until 1909; Geer did not live to see the end of 1862. The carvings can still be seen to this day.

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