Dispatch
Unknown, August 2, 1862
HEADQUARTERS FOURTH BRIGADE, THIRD DIVISION,
August 2, 1862.
August 2, 1862.
I submit the following report of the operations of this brigade at or near Malvern Hili on the 1st ultimo:
On that morning I was ordered by General Lee to report to MajorGeneral Jackson for temporary duty with one of the brigades of his command, and was by him assigned to the command of the brigade lately commanded by Brigadier-General Elzey, in the division of Major-General leading from White Oak Swamp to Willis’ Church.
In the afternoon of the same day the brigade, consisting of fragments of the Thirteenth, Twenty-fifth, Thirty-first, Forty-fourth, Fifty-second, and Fifty-eighth Virginia Regiments, and the Twelfth Georgia Regiment, numbering in all about 1,050 men present, was formed,
by order
of General Ewell, in line of battle in the woods on the left of 'the road
leading from Willis' Church to Malvern Hill, where it remained until
very late in the afternoon during a heavy cannonading between the
enemy's artillery and our own, an occasional shell falling near the brigade, doing no damage, however, except the killing by the same shot
leading from Willis' Church to Malvern Hill, where it remained until
very late in the afternoon during a heavy cannonading between the
enemy's artillery and our own, an occasional shell falling near the brigade, doing no damage, however, except the killing by the same shot
of a private in the Forty-fourth Virginia Regiment and a young gentleman named Field, who was a volunteer on the staff of Colonel Walker,
of the Thirteenth Virginia Regiment.
About sunset an order was received by General Ewell, in my presence, from General Jackson, through a staff officer, to send my brigade
to the right to the support of Maj. Gen. D. H. Hill, and the brigade
of the Thirteenth Virginia Regiment.
About sunset an order was received by General Ewell, in my presence, from General Jackson, through a staff officer, to send my brigade
to the right to the support of Maj. Gen. D. H. Hill, and the brigade
Editor's Notes
From: Peninsula Campaign, Pt. 1. Summary: A Confederate brigade commander reports on his temporary assignment under General Jackson and the brigade's positioning and casualties during the Malvern Hill battle on July 1, 1862.
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Sources
The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 11, Part 1
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