Longstreet's Command

On the evening of September 16, 1862, Law's Brigade of Hood's Division, commanded by Col. E.M. Law of the 4th Alabama Infantry and including the 4th Alabama Infantry, 6th North Carolina Infantry, 2nd Mississippi Infantry, and 11th Mississippi Infantry, 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 The engagement ceased at dark, and at 10 p.m. the brigade was relieved by Trimble's Brigade of Ewell's Division and withdrawn to the woods west of the Dunkard Church.

Keedysville, Maryland · United States