Colquitt’s Attack

Colquitt attacked with the 6th, 19th, 27th, and 28th Georgia Infantry after his brigade was thrown to the left and formed in line of battle parallel to the road. Advancing under severe fire to a line of breastworks from which the enemy had been driven, his men fought a sharp and fierce contest for a few moments before charging at the double-quick. The enemy broke and fled in confusion, throwing away arms, accouterments, and other burdens, and the pursuit continued for half a mile, killing and capturing many and driving the fugitives into their fortifications in rear of Chancellorsville. Nicholl’s Brigade of Colston’s Division, consisting of the 1st, 2nd, 10th, 14th, and 15th Louisiana Infantry Regiments, supported the attack. The 14th and 15th Louisiana Infantry had been formed by Gaspar Tochman, a Polish patriot exiled by the Russians and identified as the last surviving heir of Thaddeus Kosciuszko, a Polish patriot of the American Revolution. After the war, Tochman and survivors of the 14th and 15th Louisiana settled in Spotsylvania County, where they now lie in unmarked graves seven miles west near Parker’s Store.

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