Robertson's Brigade

Robertson's Brigade of Hood's Division in Longstreet's Corps, commanded by Brigadier General Jerome B. Robertson, fought on September 18, 1863, at 3:30 p.m. As the brigade, forming the left of Hood's Division, moved northward through the low ground northeast of this position, it wheeled to the left to meet the advance of Barnes' and Carlin's Brigades across this ground. The first attack succeeded and drove those two brigades back, but they immediately rallied and in turn forced Robertson over the crest, which Robertson then recaptured. The arrival of Wood's and Sheridan's Union troops from Lee and Gordon's Mill caused the Confederates to retire into the forest east of Viniard's at sunset.

Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia · United States