ch the movements of the enemy, and to send for Mahone's and Posey's brigades of his division, then hthe right, of the main road; he placed that of Mahone at the north, on the old road, called the Turn of those on the right and on the left; and as Mahone, on the Confederate side, who was following inace.
The Federal mounted men fell back before Mahone, holding him in check as well as they could, bs Tavern connect with the Plank Road.
Just as Mahone's soldiers were reaching the summit of this hitmost vigor.
McLaws, soon arriving to support Mahone, places Wofford's brigade on the right, Semmesthe following order: Perry, Posey, Wright, and Mahone.
McLaws' three brigades are deployed on the rndergo long marches and hazardous manoeuvres.
Mahone's and Kershaw's brigades immediately began mov of Hooker's army in check.
While McLaws' and Mahone's brigades were marching in the direction of Formed perpendicularly to the road—Semmes, then Mahone on the left, Kershaw on the right.
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onel Corley.
Commissary—in—Chief, Lieut.-colonel Cole.
Chief of Ordnance, Lieut.-colonel Baldwin.
Assistant Adjutant—General, Lieut.-colonel Murray.
Chief of Engineers, Lieut.-colonel Smith.
Military Secretary, Colonel Long.
First army corps.
In the absence of Lieutenant-general Longstreet with Hood's, Pickett's, and Ransom's divisions, the remainder of the corps is under the immediate control of the general-in-chief.
1st division, Maj.-gen. Anderson.
1st brigade, Brig.-general Mahone—6th, 12th, 16th, 41st, 66th Va., Grandy's Battery.
2d brigade, Brig.-gen. Perry—2d, 5th, 8th Fla.
3d brigade, Brig.-gen. Wilcox—8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 14th Ala., Lewis' Battery.
4th brigade, Brig.-gen. Posey—12th, 16th, 19th, 48th Miss.
5th brigade, Brig.-gen. Wright—3d, 22d, 48th, 2d Bat. Ga.
5th division, Maj.-gen. McLaws.
1st brigade, Brig.-gen. Wofford—16th, 18th, 21st Ga., Phillips' and Cobb's Legions.
2d brigade, Brig.-gen. Kershaw—2d, 3d, 7th, 1
rigade, Neal, 3d, 5th, 6th, 12th Ala.
2d brigade Ramseur, 2d, 4th, 14th, 30th N. C.
3d brigade Dole, 4th, 12th, 21st, 44th Ga.
4th brigade Iverson, 5th, 12th, 20th, 23d N. C.
5th brigade Daniel, 32d, 43d, 45th, 53d, 2d Batt. N. C.
Artillery battalion, Lieutenant-colonel Carter, 4 batteries.
Corps artillery, Colonel Brown's Battalion, 1st Va. Battery, 8 batteries.
Third corps.
Lieutenant-General A. P. Hill.
1st division, Major-general R. H. Anderson.
1st brigade, Mahone, 6th, 12th, 16th, 41st, 61st Va.
2d brigade Wright, 3d, 22d, 48th, 2d Batt. Ga.
3d brigade Perry, 2d, 5th, 8th Fla.
4th brigade Posey, 12th, 16th, 19th, 48th Miss.
5th brigade Wilcox, 8th, 9th, 10th, 11th, 14th Ala.
Artillery battalion, Lieutenant-colonel Cutts, 3 batteries.
2d division, Major-general Pender.
1st brigade, McGowan (Perrin), 1st, 12th, 13th, 14th S. C., Orr's Rifles.
2d brigade Thomas, 14th, 35th, 45th, 49th Ga.
3d brigade Lane, 7th, 18th, 28th, 33d,