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 Infantry, Commanding.
Organization
18th Georgia Infantry,
Hampton (S.C.) Legion,
1st Texas Infantry,
4th Texas Infantry,
5th Texas Infantry.
September 16, 1862.
On the approach of the First Army Corps on the Evening of the 16th, Wofford's Brigade advanced and formed line in the south edge of the Cornfield, its left on the Hagerstown Pike, The 4th Texas, deployed as skirmishers, encountered the advance of Seymour's Brigade and was forced back but, re-enforced by the 5th Texas on its right, held the East Woods until darkness put an end to the engagement. At 10 p.m. the Brigade was relieved by Lawton's Brigade and withdrawn to the woods west of the Dunkard Church.
Marker is on Cornfield Avenue, on the right when traveling east.
Courtesy hmdb.org
