Twelfth Army Corps
Tyndale's Brigade, Greene's Division
U.S.A.
Twelfth Army Corps
Tyndale's Brigade, Greene's Division
Lt. Col. Hector Tyndale, 28th Penn. Infantry, Commanding.
Organization.
5th Ohio Infantry,
7th Ohio Infantry,
66th Ohio Infantry,
28th Pennsylvania Infantry.
September 17, 1862.
Tyndale's Brigade after the right flank of the enemy had been turned, pursued through the East Woods, crossed to the south side of the Smoketown Road and, passing to the right of Mumma's burned buildings, halted behind the ridge a few yards east of this point, where, with the assistance of Monroe's and Tompkin's Rhode Island Batteries, it repulsed several assaults of the enemy.
About 10:30 a.m. the Brigade crossed the road and entered the woods on the right of the Dunkard Church, joined on the right by the 13th New Jersey Infantry of Williams's Division, it remained in this position until noon when it was compelled to retired to the East Woods.
Marker is at the intersection of Dunker Church Road / Old Hagerstown Pike and Smoketown Road, on the right when traveling north on Dunker Church Road / Old Hagerstown Pike.
Courtesy hmdb.org
