Barksdale's Brigade

In the Army of Northern Virginia's Longstreet's Corps, McLaws's Division, Barksdale's Brigade, consisting of the 13th, 17th, 18th, and 21st Mississippi Infantry, arrived about 3 p.m. on July 2 and formed in line. At 5 o'clock it advanced and took part in the assault on the Peach Orchard and adjacent positions, pursuing Union forces as they retired. The 21st Regiment pushed beyond the Trostle House and captured Bigelow's and Watson's Batteries but was unable to bring them off. The other regiments, inclining to the left, pressed forward to Plum Run, where they encountered Union troops and a fierce conflict ensued in which Brigadier General Wm. Barksdale fell mortally wounded.

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