Longstreet's Command

From September 15-17, 1862, the Reserve Artillery of Hood's Division in Longstreet's Confederate command, under Major B.W. Frobel, reached Sharpsburg at noon on September 15. Organized as the German Artillery of South Carolina, the Palmetto Artillery of South Carolina, and the Rowan Artillery of North Carolina, it was posted on the right of the Boonsboro' Pike and became engaged with the enemy during the afternoon of September 16. At about 2 p.m. on September 17, it went into position on the left of the road leading to Burnside Bridge and co-operated with the divisions of D.R. Jones and A.P. Hill in resisting the advance of the Ninth Army Corps. One section of the German Artillery was detached from its battery and served with Hood's Division in the fields beyond the Dunkard Church.

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