McNair's Brigade

McNair's Brigade, part of Johnson's Division in Longstreet's Corps and led by Brigadier General Evander McNair and Colonel David Coleman, included the 1st Arkansas Rifles, dismounted, under Lieutenant Colonel D. H. Reynolds; the 2d Arkansas Rifles, dismounted, under Colonel J. A. Williamson; the 25th Arkansas under Lieutenant Colonel Eli Hufstedler; the consolidated 4th and 31st Arkansas and 4th Arkansas Battalion under Major J. A. Ross; the 39th North Carolina under Colonel David Coleman; and Culpeper's South Carolina Battery under Captain J. F. Culpeper. On September 20, 1863, at 2 p.m., and about 2:30 p.m., the brigade came to the support of Johnson's and Gregg's Brigades, then formed east and north of Vittetoe's for assaulting Snodgrass Hill. The brigade ascended the ridge and formed a second line near the batteries of Dent and York on the summit. When the first line of Johnson's and Gregg's Brigades fell back, McNair's Brigade mingled with those troops and the right of Manigault's line and continued fighting with them until dark, following the enemy to the bottom of the ravine behind the crest on which they had fought.

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