Posey's Brigade
Anderson's Division - Hill's Corps
C.S.A.
Army of Northern Virginia
Hill's Corps Anderson's Division
Posey's Brigade
12th. 16th. 19th. 48th. Mississippi Infantry
July 2 Arrived and took position here in the morning. Through some misunderstanding of orders instead of the Brigade advancing in compact ranks in support of the troops on its right in their assault on the Union lines the regiments were ordered forward at different times. Deployed as skirmishers and fighting in detachments they pushed back the Union outposts and drove some artillerists for a while from their guns but did not join in the attack upon the Union position on Cemetery Ridge.
July 3 Was held in reserve here supporting Artillery in its front.
July 4 In line here all day. At dark began the march to Hagerstown.
Present 1150. Killed 12. Wounded 71. Total 83.
Marker is on West Confederate Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
Courtesy hmdb.org
