Lawton-Gordon-Evans Georgia Brigade

Chronology of Wartime Service

June 27, 1862

Battle of Gaines Mill: Having arrived with Jackson's column during its forced march from the Valley to engage in the Seven Days Battles around Richmond, the Brigade received its baptism of fire at the battle of Gaines Mill, suffering 492 killed and wounded out of approximately 3,500 soldiers carried into battle. Spurred on by General Richard Ewell's "Hurrah for Georgia," they formed line of battle and advanced through heavy woods and marshy stream bottoms until they met the enemy posted on higher ground. On the left, the 31st and 38th Georgia charged Sykes' Union Division, overrunning the Hoboken battery, and pushing back the elite regulars until Hood's brigade broke through the Union center and a general advance caused the Union lines to collapse.

Official Reports of the Battle of Gaines Mill

• Report of Brig. Gen. Alexander Lawton

• Report of Col. Marcellus Douglass (13th Georgia)

• Report of Major E. S. Griffin (26th Georgia)

• Report of Maj. J. H. Lowe (31st Georgia)

• Report of Capt. William H. Battey (38th Georgia)

• Report of Maj. Thomas J. Berry (60th Georgia)

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