Longstreet's Command

Garnett's Brigade of Jones' Division in Longstreet's command, led by Brig. Gen. Richard B. Garnett and composed of the 8th, 19th, 18th, 28th, and 56th Virginia Infantry, reached Sharpsburg at 11 a.m. on September 15, 1862, and took position on the southwest slope of Cemetery Hill, where it remained until the morning of September 17, when it relieved Geo. T. Anderson's Brigade in support of the Washington Artillery. After that command was relieved by S.D. Lee's Artillery in the afternoon, the brigade advanced into the cornfield in front of Lee's guns, between this point and the cemetery wall, and engaged the right of the advancing Federal line. When the right of the Confederate line west of the Burnside Bridge road was turned, the brigade was withdrawn by the cross streets to the north of the town and cooperated with Drayton's Brigade and A.P. Hill's Division in the attack on the Federal left.

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