ttached to the division of D. H. Hill and came up as a reinforcement to Pender, who, with Field, Archer, and Anderson, were part of the division of A. P. Hill, his other two divisions, Gregg and Branch, being held in reserve.
The losses in their hopeless attack fell chiefly upon Archer, who made the first advance about 5 P. M., and later upon Pender and Ripley.
Pegram's battery was badly cut up,r; F, G, H, J, L, Y, line of A. P. Hill's six brigades at the opening of the battle, as follows: Archer, Field, Anderson (J. R.), Branch, Gregg, Pender; I, K, Hood and Law (Whiting's division of Jackson's corps), replacing Archer, Field, Anderson; M, N, 0, P, Jackson's old division, as follows: Fulkerson (3d Va.), Cunningham (2d Va.), Lawton, and Winder; Q, R, S, Seymour, Trimble, and Elzey; T, U, a letter to the Editors, says: Whiting's division covered the ground on which J. R. Anderson's, Archer's, and Field's brigades had previously attacked.
We passed over some of these men as we advance
4, Dana; 15,15, Sully; 16, 16, Caldwell; 17, French; 18, Meagher; 19, Na glee (of Keyes's corps); 20, Davidson; 21, Brooks; 22, Hancock.
Randol's battery was on the right of the road, Kerns's and Cooper's on the left, and Diederichs's and Knieriem's yet farther to the left.
Thompson's battery of Kearny's division was with General Robinson's brigade (7).
Confederate brigades: a, Kemper; b, Pickett (Hunton); c, R. II.
Anderson (Jenkins); d, Wilcox; e, Featherston; f, Pryor; g, Branch; h, Archer; i, Field; j, J. R. Anderson; k, Pender; l, Gregg; m, n, o, p, Armistead, Wright, Mahone, and Ransom.
Of the Confederate batteries, Rogers's, Dearing's, the Thomas artillery, Pegram's, Davidson's, and others were engaged.
The action at White Oak Bridge, about 11 A. M., and that between Huger and Slocum to the left, beginning about 3 P. M., were of artillery only, and were successful from tile Union point of view, in that they prevented the Confederate forces at these points from reenforc
oss: w, 2.
Branch's Brigade, Brig.-Gen. L. O'B. Branch: 7th N. C., Col. Edward G. Haywood; 18th N. C., Lieut.-Col. T. J. Purdie; 28th N. C., Col. James H. Lane; 33d N. C., Col. Robert F. Hoke; 37th N. C.,-----. Brigade loss: k, 2; w, 88 = 100. Archer's Brigade, Brig.-Gen. James J. Archer: 5th Ala. Battalion,-----; 19th Ga.,-----; 1st Tenn. (Prov.
Army), Col. Peter Turney: 7th Tenn.,-----; 14th Tenn., Col. W. A. Forbes.
Brigade loss: k, 19; w, 116=135. Thomas's Brigade, Col. Edward L. ThomasBrig.-Gen. James J. Archer: 5th Ala. Battalion,-----; 19th Ga.,-----; 1st Tenn. (Prov.
Army), Col. Peter Turney: 7th Tenn.,-----; 14th Tenn., Col. W. A. Forbes.
Brigade loss: k, 19; w, 116=135. Thomas's Brigade, Col. Edward L. Thomas: 14th Ga., Col. R. W. Folsom; 35th Ga.,-----; 45th Ga.,-----; 49th Ga.,-----. Brigade loss: k, 24; w, 133 = 157. Field's Brigade, Brig.-Gen. Charles W. Field: 22d Va. Battalion,-----; 40th Va.,-----; 55th Va.,-----. Brigade loss: k, 7; w, 6 = 13. Fender's Brigade, Brig.-Gen. William D. Pender: 16th N. C.,-----; 22d N. C., Lieut.-Col. Robert H. Gray; 34th N. C., Col. Richard H. Riddick; 38th N. C., Capt. John Ashford.
Brigade. loss: k, 2; w, 11; m, 2=15. Artillery, Lieut.-Col. R. L. Walker; Va.
impson.
Brigade loss: Antietam, k, 28; w, 135; m, 2 = 165.
Shepherdstown, k, 10; w, 53 = 63. Field's Brigade, Col. J. M. Brocken brough: 40th Va.,----; 47th Va.,----; 55th Va.,----; 22d Va. Battalion,----. Brigade loss not separately reported.
Archer's Brigade, Brig.-Gen. James J. Archer, Col. Peter Turney: 5th Ala. Battalion, Capt. Charles M. Hooper; 19th Ga., Maj. James H. Neal, Capt. F. M. Johnston; 1st Tenn. (Prov.
Army), Col. Peter Turney; 7th Tenn., Maj. S. G. Shepard, Lieut. G. A. HowBrig.-Gen. James J. Archer, Col. Peter Turney: 5th Ala. Battalion, Capt. Charles M. Hooper; 19th Ga., Maj. James H. Neal, Capt. F. M. Johnston; 1st Tenn. (Prov.
Army), Col. Peter Turney; 7th Tenn., Maj. S. G. Shepard, Lieut. G. A. Howard; 14th Tenn., Lieut.-Col. J. W. Lockert, Col. William McComb (w). Brigade loss: Harper's Ferry, k, 1; w, 22 = 23.
Antietam, k, 15; w, 90 = 105.
Shepherdstown, k, 6; w, 49 = 55. Pender's Brigade, Brig.-Gen. William D. Pender: 16th N. C., Lieut.-Col. W. A. Stowe; 28d N. C., Maj. C. C. Cole; 34th N. C.,----; 38th N. C.,----. Brigade loss: Harper's Ferry, k, 2; w, 20 = 22.
Antietam, k, 2; w, 28 = 30.
Shepherdstown, k, 8; w, 55 = 63. Thomas's Brigade, Col. Edward L. Thomas: 14th Ga., Col. R. W