Law's Brigade

As part of the C.S.A. Army of Northern Virginia, Longstreet's Corps, and Hood's Division, Law's Brigade, composed of the 4th, 15th, 44th, 47th, and 48th Alabama Infantry, left New Guilford, 25 miles distant, at 3 a.m. on July 2, arrived about 4 p.m., formed line 50 yards west of this position, and advanced against Union positions. The 4th, 15th, and 47th Regiments attacked Little Round Top and continued the assault until dark, while the 44th and 48th assisted in capturing Devil's Den and three guns of the 4th New York Battery. On July 3 the brigade occupied the breastworks on the west slope of Round Top, and at 5 p.m. the 47th and 15th Regiments assisted in repulsing cavalry led by Brigadier General E.J. Farnsworth in Plum Run Valley. About 5 a.m. on July 5 the brigade began the march to Hagerstown, Maryland. Its strength present was about 1500, and its losses were about 550.

Freedom Township, Pennsylvania · United States