McNair's Brigade

Part of Johnson's Division in Longstreet's Corps, McNair's Brigade, led by Brigadier General Evander McNair and Colonel David Coleman, included the 1st Arkansas Rifles, Dismounted, under Colonel Robert W. Harper; the 1st Arkansas Rifles, Dismounted, under Lieutenant Colonel D. H. Reynolds; the 2d Arkansas Rifles, Dismounted, under Colonel J. A. Williamson; the 25th Arkansas, under Lieutenant Colonel Eli Hufstedler; the 4th and 31st Arkansas and 4th Arkansas Battalion, consolidated, under Major J. A. Ross; the 39th North Carolina, under Colonel David Coleman; and Culpeper's South Carolina Battery, under Captain J. F. Culpeper. On September 20, 1863, at 11:20 a.m., this brigade, on the right of the division, had advanced at 11:10 a.m. from the first crest east of the Lafayette Road. It reached this position under heavy flank fire from artillery and infantry. Union troops immediately in front withdrew to their left, leaving a gap, and were struck in flank and rear and driven in disorder. Upon reaching the Dyer field, the brigade charged across it against batteries posted on the crest north and west of the Dyer house.

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