Second Brigade

At 5:45 p.m. on August 29, 1862, the Second Brigade of the 1st Division under Stevens, Ninth Corps under Reno, Army of the Potomac, U.S.A., led by Col. Daniel Leasure, approached the enemy and poured a well directed fire upon them. The line then charged, and as the enemy scrambled up the other side of the embankment, the brigade loosed a destructive fire and seized the abandoned position. Soon afterward, however, the enemy opened a heavy fire, and when it became useless to attempt to hold the position, General Stevens ordered Leasure to fall back before the way was completely cut off.

Virginia · United States