In The Nick of Time

As Union battle lines surged into the forest across the Orange Plank Road on the right and stood poised in the trees at the far end of the Tapp Field, gray-clad Confederate troops came into view from behind. The leading units turned right into the scrubby woods while others entered the clearing. General Robert E. Lee, mounted nearby and unusually nervous and agitated, anxiously asked the identity of the newcomers. The reply was "The Texas Brigade." The only Texas troops in the army belonged to the First Corps, signaling Longstreet's arrival. Lee shouted, "Hurrah for Texas," and the veterans, including one regiment from Arkansas, answered with a cheer and formed their ranks for a desperate assault.

Lake Wilderness, Virginia · United States