essed, the Federals succeed in maintaining their position in the wood.
But the conflict sustained by his right against superior forces having exhausted all his reserves, Doubleday can no longer advantageously resist the new assault which Hill has just directed against his centre and left.
At four o'clock the three brigades which Pender has pushed forward occupy the first line, leaving Heth's worn-out troops behind them.
These are deployed south of the Chambersburg road—Lane on the right; McGowan's brigade, commanded by Colonel Perrin, in the centre; Scales on the left, near the road.
The latter, after having relieved Brockenbrough's brigade, boldly descends the slopes facing McPherson's wood, in the direction of Willoughby Run.
But Meredith's soldiers, hidden in the bush, receive the assailants at eighty paces with a fire which carries consternation into their ranks.
Pender and Scales are slightly wounded; the soldiers of the latter retreat in disorder, their chiefs being unable
McLaws.
1st brigade, Brig.-gen. Wofford—16th, 18th, 21st Ga., Phillips' and Cobb's Legions.
2d brigade, Brig.-gen. Kershaw—2d, 3d, 7th, 15th S. C., James' Battery.
3d brigade, Brig.-gen. Barksdale—13th, 17th, 18th, 21st Miss.
4th brigade, Brig.-gen. Semmes—10th, 50th, 51st, 53d Ga., Cable's Artillery.
Second army corps, Lieutenant-general T. J. Jackson.
1st division, Maj.-gen. A. P. Hill.
1st brigade, Brig.-gen. Heth—40th, 47th, 51st, 22d Batt. Va.
2d brigade, Brig.-gen. McGowan—1st, 12th, 13th, 14th S. C., Orr's Rifles.
3d brigade, Brig.-gen. Thomas—14th, 31st, 41st, 49th Ga.
4th brigade, Brig.-gen. Lane—17th, 18th, 28th, 33d, 37th N. C.
5th brigade, Brig.-gen. Archer—1st, 7th, 14th Tenn., 5th, 13th Batt. Ala.
6th brigade, Brig.-gen. Pender—13th, 16th, 22d, 34th, 38th N. C
2d division, Brig.-gen. Rodes (temporarily).
1st brigade, Brig.-gen. Rodes—3d, 5th, 6th, 12th, 26th N. C.
2d brigade, Brig.-gen. Colquitt—6th, 19th, 23
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, 37th N. C.
4th brigade Scales, 13th, 16th, 22d, 34th, 38th N. C.
Artillery battalion, Major Poague, 4 batteries.
3d division, Major-general H. Heth.
1st brigade, Archer, 1st, 7th, 14th Tenn., 5th, 13th Batt. Ala.
2d brigade Pettigrew, 11th, 26th, 47th, 52d N. C.
3d brigade Brockenbrough, 40th, 47th, 55th, 22d Batt. Va.
4th briga