Fourth Brigade

On August 30, 1862, at 3:15 p.m., the Fourth Brigade of Jackson's Division under Col. Leroy A. Stafford, part of the Left Wing of the Army of Northern Virginia, CSA, included the 1st, 2nd, 9th, 10th, and 15th Louisiana regiments and Coppens' Battalion. Lt. E.D. Willett of the 1st Louisiana Infantry recalled that the Federal line advanced in perfect order, as if on dress parade rather than toward death, and was allowed to come so near that the men could read the expressions on every face before Colonel Nolan gave the order to fire. When the smoke cleared, most of the Federal line had been swept away, except for a gallant band that advanced and found protection on the opposite side of the embankment.

Haymarket, Virginia · United States