engagement at Sharpsburg. The morning of September 17th 1862, would see the brigade resting in fields north of Sharpsburg. The men had been marching for several days, and had not eaten for several long days. Hence, the Texans were awakened in the early hours of the 17th with empty stomachs by artillery fire and the clash of musketry, being forced to leave behind the first hot breakfast they had eaten in days they rushed to the sounds of the heaviest fighting. After arriving at the Dunker Church, the brigade would be rushed forward to the Cornfield owned by a local farmer by the name of D.R. Miller. The brigade would commence a desperate counterattack to retake the Cornfield. The Texans would clash with the famed Iron Brigade who, had being heavily engaged earlier in the day, were exhausted and not an effective fighting force. The Iron Brigade quickly broke under the pressure of Hoods fresh, large division and fled. Wofford quickly pushed his Texans into the void created by his regiments’ raking fire. However, the attack would stall, and the brigade would halt and reform. With the order given, the 1st Texas would start their advance deeper into the Cornfield. Almost Immediately the Texans would come under a galling fire from Union artillery, but the Texans kept up their march. The Yankees would quickly break under the Texans onslaught and flee to the rear. The Texans, ecstatic over their apparent victory pushed on. The 1st Texas unknowingly advanced to the Cornfields northern fence, only 30 yards away. But before they realized this mistake, a line of blue coated soldiers seemingly appeared out of the ground and delivered a volley into the Texans. Federal soldiers had been waiting for this moment now for some time because the retreating Union soldiers had warned that the enemy was coming right for them. The fire rolled in on the Texans from their right as the 12th Pennsylvania Reserves fired first, followed by a similar regimental volley from the 11th Reserves on the 12th’s right. The Texans were still reeling from this shock when another volley swept through the 1st Texas from the far left as the 9th Pennsylvania Reserves fired their volley at the left oblique. The Texans had walked into a firestorm. At first the brave Texans would try to hold their ground under this solid wall of fire, but not even the