Kershaw's Brigade
McLaws's Division - Longstreet's Corps
Army of Northern Virginia
Longstreet's Corps McLaws's Division
Kershaw's Brigade
2d. 3d. 7th. 8th. 15th. Regiments
and 3d. Battalion
South Carolina Infantry
July 2 Arrived on the field at 3.30 p.m. Formed line and advanced about 4.30 o'clock. The 8th and 2d Regiments and 3d Battalion shared in the attack on Peach Orchard and Batteries near there on Wheatfield Road. The 7th and 3d Regiments were engaged at and around the Loop. The 15th Regiment fought on Rose Hill and in the ravine and forest beyond. Late in the evening the Brigade took part in the advance by which the Union forces were forced from the Wheatfield and across Plum Run Valley. At dark under orders the Brigade retired to and occupied the Peach Orchard.
Marker is on Brooke Avenue, on the left.
Courtesy hmdb.org
