At the 6 p.m. start of McLaws' Assault,Barksdale's and Wofford's Confederate brigades charged from the west directly into the Peach Orchard. Graham's Union brigade, with the 3rd MN & 3rd MI, "held the peach orchard until nearly dusk"; and at "6:30 p.m., McLaws' Division "[broke" Birney's line at the Peach Orchard".[http://www.hmdb.org/marker.asp?MarkerID=12998] The 21st Mississippi Infantry Regiment passed through the Peach Orchard toward Bigelow's 9th Massachusetts Battery farther east, also outflanking the 2nd New Hampshire, threatening it to be cut off from the rest of the Union, forcing them to retreat.