49th Georgia Infantry

At 3:00 p.m. on August 29, 1862, the 49th Georgia Infantry of Thomas’ Brigade, A.P. Hill’s Division, Left Wing under Jackson in the Army of Northern Virginia, CSA, was struck by an enemy attack about 1,500 strong that broke its lines and led to hand-to-hand fighting. Part of the regiment was cut off from the rest, and Lieutenant Colonel S. M. Manning succeeded in attaching himself to the 14th South Carolina of Gregg’s Brigade on the left. Taking a musket from a dead man, he went in as a private and fought with that regiment for an hour and a half, as recalled by Adjutant Mark Newman.

Virginia · United States