The marker for Tyndale’s Brigade of Greene’s Division is on the west side of Smoketown Road in the East Woods. (Smoketown Road tour map) This is the first of two markers about Tyndale’s Brigade. The second is across from the Dunker Church.
From the marker:
U.S.A.
Tyndale’s Brigade, Greene’s Division
Lt. Col. Hector Tyndale, 28th Penn. Infantry, Commanding.
Organization.
5th Ohio Infantry
7th Ohio Infantry
66th Ohio Infantry
28th Pennsylvania Infantry
September 17, 1862.
Tyndale’s Brigade, on the right of the Division, reached this point about 8 A. M., relieved a portion of Crawford’s Brigade, and engaged the Confederate Infantry in the East Woods.
After a short and sharp contest, the enemy gave way and the Brigade, obliquing to the left, crossed the Smoketown Road, entered the fields to the right of Mumma’s burning buildings, and took position behind the ridge opposite the Dunkard Church.
No. 50.
