Longstreet's Command
Law's Brigade, Hood's Division
C.S.A.
Longstreet's Command.
Law's Brigade, Hood's Division.
Col. E.M. Law, 4th Alabama Infantry, Commanding.
Organization.
4th Alabama Infantry,
6th North Carolina Infantry,
2nd Mississippi Infantry,
11th Mississippi Infantry.
September 16, 1862.
On the evening of the 16th Law's Brigade advanced from the field in front of the Dunkard Church to a position in the East Woods, on either side of the Smoketown Road, where it supported the skirmishers of Wofford's Brigade in resisting the advance of Seymour's Brigade.
The engagement ceased at dark. At 10 p.m. the brigade was relieved by Trimble's Brigade of Ewell's Division, and withdrawn to the woods west of the Dunkard Church.
Marker is at the intersection of Smoketown Road and Cornfield Avenue, on the right when traveling east on Smoketown Road.
Courtesy hmdb.org
