First Brigade

At 7:00 p.m. on August 28, 1862, the First Brigade of Jackson's Division, part of Jackson's Left Wing in the Army of Northern Virginia, CSA, fought one of the most terrific engagements imaginable. Known as the Stonewall Brigade and led by Col. William S. Baylor, it included the 2nd, 5th, 4th, 27th, and 33rd Virginia regiments. In the fighting, the troops held a farmhouse while the enemy held an orchard, and to the left the men stood in an open field without shelter of any kind. For two and a half hours, with no pause in the deadly musketry, round shot, and shell, both sides remained firm, neither advancing nor yielding, until about 9 o'clock, when the enemy slowly and sullenly fell back.

Haymarket, Virginia · United States