Evans' Brigade, Longstreet's Command

On September 17, 1862, Brig. Gen. Nathan G. Evans' Brigade of Longstreet's Command continued supporting the artillery during the morning, covering the approaches to Sharpsburg by the Boonsboro Pike. At 7:30 a.m. Geo. T. Anderson's Brigade, which had been under Evans' temporary command, was detached and ordered to the Confederate left. About 1 p.m. Evans' Brigade was deployed on both sides of the Boonsboro Pike to meet the advance of the regular infantry of the Fifth Corps. At about 3 p.m., this brigade, with the remnants of Colquitt's and Garland's Brigades of D.H. Hill's Division, co-operated with D.R. Jones' Division in resisting the enemy's advance from the direction of the Middle Bridge.

Sharpsburg, Maryland · United States