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On June 27, 1862, three Confederate brigades under Brigadier General Cadmus M. Wilcox of Longstreet’s Division in the Army of Northern Virginia climbed this hill, broke the Union line, and later helped capture a battery of artillery. Wilcox’s Alabama brigade led the assault, and nearly 600 of its 1,850 soldiers in four regiments were killed or wounded. At Gaines’ Mill and Frazier Farm, the 8 Alabama Infantry lost 232 men, the 9 Alabama Infantry 256 men, the 10 Alabama Infantry 236 men, and the 11 Alabama Infantry 316 men.
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