Jackson's Command

On September 16-17, 1862, Early's Brigade of Ewell's Division, commanded by Brig. Gen. Jubal A. Early and consisting of the 13th, 25th, 31st, 44th, 49th, 52d, and 58th Virginia Infantry, bivouacked on the night of September 16 in a farm lane on the left of Jackson's Division and in the Dunkard Church woods between this point and the church. At dawn on September 17, the brigade moved nearly a mile northwest to support Stuart's Cavalry Division and some artillery batteries. After about an hour on that duty, leaving the 13th Virginia Infantry with Stuart, it returned and formed line on the plateau east of this point, perpendicular to the Hagerstown Pike, then advanced north as support to Jackson's right and took part in a sanguinary engagement with the right of the First Army Corps, which was obliged to retire. The brigade then moved south along the west edge of the West Woods and engaged the enemy near the Dunkard Church.

Keedysville, Maryland · United States