The Monuments and Memorials of the Gettysburg Campaign
Archer’s Brigade
One of four infantry brigades in Heth’s Division of Hill’s Corps of the Army of Northern Virginia.
Commander: Brig. Gen. James J. Archer (December 19, 1817 – October 26, 1864). Marylander; lawyer and professional soldier. Archer was captured on the first day of the battle of Gettysburg. Exchanged in late summer of 1864, he died of illness in Richmond.
One of four infantry brigades in Heth’s Division of Hill’s Corps of the Army of Northern Virginia.
