Longstreet's Command

On September 17, 1862, Anderson's Brigade of D.R. Jones' Division, Longstreet's Command, under Col. George T. Anderson of the 11th Georgia Infantry, was withdrawn from the Boonsboro Pike at about 7:30 A.M. and moved to a position in rear of the Dunkard Church. It supported McLaws' Division in the attack on Sedgwick's Division, then moved to this point and, forming behind the stone fence, engaged the enemy in Piper's Cornfield, but being enfiladed by Federal artillery was soon obliged to retire in the direction of Sharpsburg. Between 2 and 3 P.M., with portions of other brigades, it formed a line extending from Piper's Barn to the Hagerstown Pike and assisted in repulsing an attack of the enemy.

Keedysville, Maryland · United States