Second Army Corps
Dana's Brigade, Sedgwick's Division
U.S.A.
Second Army Corps
Dana's Brigade, Sedgwick's Division
Brig. Gen. N.J.T. Dana, Commanding.
Organization.
19th Massachusetts Infantry,
20th Massachusetts Infantry,
7th Michigan Infantry,
42nd New York Infantry,
59th New York Infantry,
September 17, 1862
Dana's Brigade, following Gorman's in column of attack, passed through the East Woods, crossed the Cornfield and the Hagerstown Pike, about 50 yards in rear of Gorman, and entered the West Woods where its advance was checked about 40 yards east of this point.
Its left flank having been attacked and turned by McLaws and Walker's Divisions, it was compelled to retire.
A portion of the brigade, with the 1st Minnesota Infantry, occupied a line near the Nicodemus House which it held for a time until its flank having been again turned, it retired to the woods and fields east of the Hagerstown Pike.
Marker is on Hagerstown Pike (State Highway 65), on the right when traveling north.
Courtesy hmdb.org
