Anderson’s Division, Longstreet’s Command

On September 17, 1862, Anderson's Division of Longstreet's Command, led by Maj. Gen. R.H. Anderson and comprising the brigades of Cumming, Wright, Pryor, Mahone, Featherstone, and Armistead, crossed the Potomac at Blackford's Ford about daybreak and reached this part of the field between 9 and 10 a.m. Armistead's Brigade was sent to support McLaws in the Dunkard Church woods, while the other five brigades were placed in the apple orchard and on open ground on either side of it between this point and Piper's Lane. The division then advanced in support of part of D.H. Hill's Division, which was heavily engaged, and after a stubborn contest in which portions of the division reached this point, it was repulsed with heavy loss and fell back to Piper's Lane and the Hagerstown Pike.

Keedysville, Maryland · United States