Longstreet's Command

On September 15-16, 1862, Anderson's Brigade of D.R. Jones' Division in Longstreet's Confederate command, led by Col. George T. Anderson of the 11th Georgia Infantry and composed of the 1st Georgia Infantry (Regulars), 7th Georgia Infantry, 8th Georgia Infantry, 9th Georgia Infantry, and 11th Georgia Infantry, was temporarily attached to Hood's Division, reached Sharpsburg about noon on September 15, and took position south of this road in support of the Washington Artillery. It remained there and in a corresponding position on the opposite side of the road, which it occupied for about three hours, until the morning of September 17, when it was moved to the left to support Hood's Division.

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