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Regimental Valor of the Eighteenth Georgia at Gaines Mill Manassas and Antietam
The Eighteenth Georgia, led by Colonel W. T. Wofford, fights with Hood's Texans at Gaines Mill and Second Manassas, then endures brutal losses at Antietam. The unit captures artillery at Gaines Mill, defeats Zouaves at Manassas, and suffers heavy casualties in the cornfield clash near Dunker Church. The narrative covers bravery, tactical charges, and the bloody toll of these major Civil War actions.
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Hood
Gaines Mill
Manassas
Cobb
Fredericksburg
Gettysburg
The
Wilderness
Georgia
W. T. Wofford
Potomac
Lee
Texas
Eighteenth Georgia
Marshall
Ruff
Second Manassas
Longstreet
Jackson
Walford
Hatch
Twenty-fourth
New York
Pope
Fitz-John Porter
Porter
Warren
Hazlitt
Porter’s Bank
Tenth New York
William Kay
Duryea
Fifth New York
Weems
Wofford
Nuit
Manassas Hood
Stonewall Jackson
East
Antietam
Dunker Church
Meade
Williams
Law
East Wood
Gordon
Green
Crawford
Head