26th Georgia Infantry

On August 28, 1862, at 7:15 p.m., the 26th Georgia Infantry of Lawton's Brigade, Ewell's Division, Left Wing under Jackson, Army of Northern Virginia, C.S.A., was ordered in just after dark and marched steadily across an open field for about 400 yards while balls flew by the thousands. After reaching a fence, the men were ordered to lie down and poured volley after volley into the enemy. General Lawton then ordered the brigade to change, and although the Yankees did fearful execution and men fell from the ranks by dozens, the 26th wavered not, and one volley sent the enemy flying over the hill to the woods.

Haymarket, Virginia · United States