13th New York Infantry

At 3:15 p.m. on August 30, 1862, the 13th New York Infantry, known as the Rochester Regiment, served in the 1st Brigade under Roberts, First Division under Morell, Fifth Corps under Porter, Army of the Potomac. Colonel Elisha G. Marshall's regiment faced intense Confederate fire at very close range, and Corporal John S. Slater recalled that for twenty minutes the shattered regiments held a slope swept by deadly volleys before the survivors who were still able received orders to fall back, while the dead, dying, and disabled remained on the field.

Haymarket, Virginia · United States