Longstreet's Command

On September 17, 1862, Cobb's Brigade of McLaws' Division in Longstreet's Command, led by Lieutenant Colonel C.C. Sanders of the 24th Georgia Infantry, crossed the Potomac at daybreak and halted near General Lee's headquarters west of Sharpsburg. The brigade, composed of the 16th Georgia Infantry, Cobb's Georgia Legion, the 24th Georgia Infantry, and the 15th North Carolina Infantry, formed line at about 9:20 A.M. on the south side of Bloody Lane, with its left resting at this point, and with Rodes' Brigade and portions of Garland's and Colquitt's Brigades took part in the engagement with French's Division of the Second Corps. Later in the day, the brigade changed front to the right, facing east, and supported D. H. Hill's Division and George T. Anderson's Brigade in resisting the advance of Richardson's Division.

Keedysville, Maryland · United States