Located on the north side of Mansfield Avenue, north of the North Woods
From the marker:
U.S.A.
First Army Corps
Magilton's Brigade, Meade's Division
Col. Albert Magilton, 4th Penn. Reserves, Commanding.
Organization.
3rd Penn. Reserve Infantry
4th Penn. Reserve Infantry
7th Penn. Reserve Infantry
8th Penn. Reserve Infantry
September 17, 1862.
Magilton's Brigade formed line at 5:30 A.M., it advanced through the North Woods, deployed in the open fields and had reached the north fence of the Cornfield when it was sent to the left in support of Seymour and Ricketts. Its ammunition having been exhausted, it was relieved by Williams' Division of the Twelfth Corps and withdrawn to the ridge in rear of Joseph Poffenberger's.
No. 16.
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