Longstreet's Command

On September 16, 1862, Wofford's Brigade of Hood's Division in Longstreet's Command, led by Col. W.T. Wofford of the 18th Georgia Infantry and composed of the 18th Georgia Infantry, Hampton (S.C.) Legion, 1st Texas Infantry, 4th Texas Infantry, and 5th Texas Infantry, advanced on the approach of the First Army Corps that evening and formed a line at the south edge of the Cornfield with its left on the Hagerstown Pike. The 4th Texas, deployed as skirmishers, met the advance of Seymour's Brigade and was forced back but, reinforced by the 5th Texas on its right, held the East Woods until darkness ended the engagement. At 10 p.m. the brigade was relieved by Lawton's Brigade and withdrawn to the woods west of the Dunkard Church.

Keedysville, Maryland · United States