to Brigade command as Brigadier General while Lieutenant Colonel McLeod and Major Rainey would both be promoted to Colonel and Lieutenant Colonel respectfully. Captain Harvey H. Black of Company A would be promoted to the position of Major. In November 1861, Brigadier General Wigfall would be elected as Senator of Texas and would vacate his position, James J. Archer of 5th Texas would assume temporary command of the brigade. Later that month, the 18th Georgia Infantry Regiment under Colonel William T. Wofford would also be added to the brigade. For the rest of the winter of 1861-1862, the 1st Texas Infantry with the rest of the Texas Brigade would defend the Dumfries line until Major General George B. McClellan's invasion of the Virginia Peninsula in March 1862. 1862 In January 1862, Colonel Hugh McLeod would die of pneumonia; Lieutenant Colonel Rainey and Major Black would both be promoted to Colonel and Lieutenant Colonel respectfully. On March 2, 1862, the regiment would move south with the Army of Northern Virginia to confront McClellan's flank movement at Yorktown, Virginia. The regiment would arrive at the Siege of Yorktown (1862) on April 19, where they would contribute sharpshooters to harass Yankee scouts and sharpshooters. The Federals would quickly learn how effective the Pattern 1853 Enfield were in the hands of the Texans and Georgians of the Texas Brigade. By May 3, 1862, the Confederate forces pulled back from Yorktown and retreat towards Richmond, the Texas Brigade would be detailed as the rearguard of William H.C. Whiting's Division. During their retreat up the peninsula, the 1st Texas along with its brigade was sent to confront an amphibious landing made by Brigadier General William B. Franklin's Division at the Battle of Eltham's Landing on May 7, 1862. John Bell Hood, the new commander of the Texas Brigade, would drive the Yankees back to their boats during the brigade's first battle of the war and would hold the position until their baggage trains could pass safely. During the fight, Lieutenant Colonel Black would be killed in action. Battle of Antietam After subsequent action during the Seven Days, in which the regiment was heavily engaged at Gaines Mill, the Texas Brigade would accompany the Army Of Northern Virginia during the 2nd Bull Run campaign and into Maryland. The brigade would see limited action during the battle of South Mountain but would see heavy action in the subsequent