GDG- Winter Stomp

[James Cameron]

<< > How about Smyth's brigade.  It held the sector of the 2nd Corps line 
north
> of the Copse.  There's nothing at all in the reports from that brigade to
> suggest any break in the Union line north of the copse, or, that either
> Cushing or Arnold were overrun.


Smyth's Brigade held the sector farther north in Zeigler's Grove, supporting
Woodruff. The Brigade that had responsibility for the sector in question was
Willard's, and they, of course, were gone by this point. Smyth's Brigade had
their own issues to deal with, confronting the efforts by the 16th and 19th
Mississippi Regiments in their charge.  >>

Incorrect.

Willard's brigade was initially deployed in column of regiments to Smyth's 
left, more of less behind and in support of Arnold's battery.  While the 
108th NY of Smyth's brigade was more specifically in support of Woodruff, 
it's not accurate to say the brigade was in Zeigler's Grove.  That area was 
occupied more by Carroll's brigade, to Smyth's right, or north.  In any 
event, once Willard's brigade was pulled out of line and sent to the left, 
do support the 3rd Corps, the sector between the grove and Arnold's position 
became Smyth's, and was so by the time the action progressed up the that 
sector.  And nothing in any of the accounts from the brigade covering the 
afternoon's action suggests anything even remotely like your scenario.

Jim Cameron