Is there any other history of a regiment holding back an Army?

On December 11, 1862, at a sleepy little town in eastern Virginia, about 80 miles from both Richmond and Washington city, 867 men held the entire Union Army at bay for nearly 12 hours.
Firing from rifle trenches, basements, cellars, doorways, and street corners, the men of the 17th Mississippi Infantry, with help from four companies of the 13th Mississippi and one company from Florida (who later refused to fire to keep from drawing artillery down on them) held the Union Army from 2 hours before dawn to near dark from crossing the Rappahannock.
My questions is, is there any other event like this in the history of the War for Southern Independence, where a regiment held an army back?

[tamaroa]

Oldreb,

Check out this site, The Battle of Sabine Pass September 8, 1863. 47 rebs vs. a Union army and they won!!!

http://members.tripod.com/~csa/report.htm

[johan_steele]

It happened several times on both sides... thre are several occasions where individual cavalry regiments delayed whole Corps. Bufords cavalry at Gettysburg slowed the Confederates long enough for the Iron Brigade to come up.

[jac]

I have read of Buford referring to an action before Gettysburg, of his command holding Thorofare Gap (? I think) against a Confederate corps for several hours, waiting for the AOP to come up. The AOP did not arrive. Supposedly, Buford held for 5 hours.
I'm sure some of the experts here know more about the incident than I do.

[gunpowderjonah]

Seems to me there were a bunch of boys from Georgia under command of a fellow named Toombs who kept the Union 9th Corps from crossing a bridge for quite some time. Antetiam Maryland, if I'm not mistaken.

Dave Towsen
Co K 83d PV

[johan_steele]

Or Wilders Brigade at Hoovers Gap... or The Hornets Nest at Shiloh... neither side lacked nerve. Geography can be a great force multiplier.