I recently read in a miniature wargaming forum that some of Jackson's men ran out of ammunition at Second Manassas so they threw rocks at the advancing Union infantry rather than surrender their position.
It seemed a bit fanciful, so I looked into it. Well, it's true (
https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924077728222&seq=671&q1=rocks&start=1).
On 30 August 1862 the Ninth Louisiana Infantry was ordered to occupy a cut and instructed that it "was to be held at all hazards".
"About 8 o’clock in the morning the enemy commenced throwing forward large bodies of skirmishers in the woods on our left, who quickly formed themselves into regiments and moved forward by brigades to the attack, massing a large body of troops at this point with the evident design of forcing us from our position. They made repeated charges upon us while in this position, but were compelled to retire in confusion, sustaining heavy loss and gaining nothing. It was at this point that the ammunition of the brigade gave out. The men procured some from the dead bodies of their comrades, but the supply was not sufficient, and in the absence of ammunition the men fought with rocks and held their position. The enemy retreated. We pressed forward to the turnpike road, there halted, and encamped for the night."
After that battle the Ninth Louisiana was transferred from Starke's Brigade to Hay's Brigade. You may be aware of another name for Hay's Brigade, the Louisiana Tigers. Ninth Louisiana seemed a fitting addition to the Louisiana Tigers.
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