Jackson's Command

Lawton's Brigade of Ewell's Division in Jackson's Command, led by Col. M. Dougass of the 13th Georgia Infantry and composed of the 13th, 26th, 31st, 38th, 60th, and 61st Georgia Infantry, advanced at 10 p.m. on September 16, 1862, from west of the Dunkard Church and relieved Wofford's Brigade of Hood's Division in the fields south of the cornfield and east of the Hagerstown Pike, then threw skirmishers forward into the south edge of the cornfield. In this position it was attacked at about 5:30 a.m. on September 17 by Seymour's Brigade of Meade's Division on the right and at 6 a.m. by three brigades of Doubleday's Division on the left. After losing its commander and more than one-half its members, it was relieved by Wofford's Brigade of Hood's Division, withdrawn to the woods southwest of the Dunkard Church, and was not again engaged.

Keedysville, Maryland · United States