Longstreet's Command
Wofford's Brigade, Hood's Division
C.S.A.
Longstreet's Command.
Wofford's Brigade, Hood's Division,
Col. W.T. Wofford, 18th Georgia, Commanding.
Organization.
Hampton (S.C.) Legion, 18th Georgia, 1st, 4th, and 5th
Texas Infantry.
(September 17, 1862.)
At [erased]a.m., Wofford's Brigade, advancing from the woods in rear of the Dunkard Church, crossed the Hagerstown Pike near the church and, moving north, its left (Hampton Legion) resting on the Pike, were relieved south of this and engaged the Union line in the cornfield about 75 yards north of this road. The 5th Texas was sent to the assistance of Law's Brigade on the right. The four remaining regiments maintained a contest rarely equalled in warfare. They penetrated the cornfield, the 1st Texas advancing to its northern edge, but their advance was checked. After losing more than one half its numbers, the Brigade fell back to the fields southwest of the Dunkard Church and was not again engaged. The Brigade went into action numbering 854; its loss in killed, wounded and missing was 560. The 1st Texas carried into action 226 officers and men, of whom 186 were killed or wounded.
Marker is on Cornfield Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
Courtesy hmdb.org
