Jackson's Command

On the night of September 16, 1862, Garland's Brigade of D.H. Hill's Division, commanded by Col. D.K. McRae of the 5th North Carolina and composed of the 5th, 12th, 13th, 20th, and 23d North Carolina Infantry, bivouacked in the fields southeast of Roulette's House. Early on September 17, it moved to support Ripley and Colquitt and, after crossing the Smoketown Road a few feet east of this point, tried to form on Colquitt's right, but was thrown into confusion and halted in the woods under cover of boulders, rock ledges, and rolling ground a few yards ahead. The advance of Greene's Division of the Twelfth Corps struck its flank and caused it to retire in disorder across the Mumma Fields; part of the brigade rallied at the west end of the Sunken Road and joined a remnant of Colquitt's Brigade, while the remainder retreated to Sharpsburg, where it was partially rallied and helped Evan's Brigade check the Federal advance on and south of the Boonsboro Pike.

Keedysville, Maryland · United States