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Semmes' Brigade
Army CSA
Corps 1
Division 1
Brigade 3
Commander Brig. Gen. Paul J. Semmes (mw)
Location Brooke Avenue, Rose Woods
ARMY OF NORTHERN VIRGINIA
LONGSTREET'S CORPS McLAWS' DIVISION
SEMMES' BRIGADE
10th 50th 51st 53rd Georgia Infantry

July 2. Arrived on the field about 3.30 P. M. Advanced about 5 o'clock in support of Kershaw's and Anderson's Brigades and took an active part in the conflict on Rose Hill and in the ravine and forest east of there in the vicinity of the Loop. Participated in the general advance late in the evening by which the Union forces were forced out of the Wheatfield and across Plum Run Valley. Brig. Gen. J. Semmes fell mortally wounded in the ravine near the Loop.

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