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692 temporary command of Longstreet’s division, and at a critical moment “the magniﬁcent brigade of R. H. Anderson " came to the support of Hill. At Gaines’ Mill he was in command of his brigade on the extreme right of Longstreet, and at Frayser’s Farm he also participated. On July 14, 1862, he was promoted major-general and put in command of a division of Longstreet's corps, consisting of the brigades of Armistead, Mahone and Wright. He took part in the Manassas campaign. and after a brief service in command of a division of the army of Tennessee, resumed the leadership of the division of Longstreet’s corps, increased by the addition of the brigades of Wilcox, Featherstone, and Pryor, and Major Saunders' battalion of artillery. In conjunction with General Jackson he operated under General McLaws in the capture of Maryland Heights, and at Sharpsburg he fought at the center of the line, increasing his reputation for gallantry and coolness as a commander, and receiving a severe wound. He was in command of his division at Fredericksburg, and at Chancellorsville his division and McLaws' were under Lee’s command, Longstreet being occupied in another ﬁeld, Immediately after the crossing of the river by Hooker he moved to confront him and took a prominent part in the ﬁghting at Chancellorsville, Salem Church and Marye's Hill. At the reorganization following Jackson’s death he was assigned to Hill’s corps, with which he took part in the Pennsylvania campaign. and did creditable work at Gettysburg, where on the second day, three of his brigades penetrated the Federal lines at the center, where the attack was renewed on the third day. During the autumn campaign which followed, his division was part of the Confederate force at Bristoe Station. After the wounding of Longstreet at the Wilderness, General Anderson was called to the command of his corps, which he led in the night march to Spottsylvania, checkmating Grant’s ﬂank movement, and the left of the line there repulsed the attacks of the