Colquitt's and Garland's Brigades

After the repulse of the Confederate line in the East Woods and Cornfield north of the Smoketown Road on the morning of September 17, 1862, parts of Colquitt's and Garland's brigades rallied in the sunken road at this point, with their right connecting with Rodes and their left resting on the Hagerstown Pike. They cooperated with Rodes in repelling the advance of French's Division, Second Corps, and, together with detachments of McLaws' and Walker's divisions, crossed this road and attacked the right flank of French's Division but were repulsed. In the afternoon, parts of the two brigades were collected at Sharpsburg and moved out on the Boonsboro Pike in support of Evan's Brigade in resisting the advance of a portion of the Fifth Army Corps.

Keedysville, Maryland · United States