Virtual tour of the the Piper Farm by markers. Use the “First >>” button above to see these markers in sequence.| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 367 — Longstreet's Command — Manning's Brigade, Walker's Division | | | C.S.A. Longstreet's Command Manning's Brigade, Walker's Division Colonel Van H. Manning, 3d Arkansas Infantry, Commanding. Organization 3d Arkansas Infantry 48th North Carolina Infantry 27th North Carolina Infantry 30th Virginia Infantry 46th North Carolina Infantry French's (Va.) Battery (September 17, 1862) Manning's Brigade reached Sharpsburg on the afternoon of September 16, and was held in reserve until daybreak of the 17th, when it took position opposite Snavely's Ford on the . . . — Map (db m5463) | | Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 363 — Longstreet's Command — Cobb's Brigade, McLaw's Division | | | C.S.A. Longstreet's Command Cobb's Brigade, McLaws'Division Lieut. Col. C.C. Sanders, 24th Georgia Infantry, Commanding Organization 16th Georgia Infantry, Cobb's (Georgia) Legion 24th Georgia Infantry, 15th North Carolina Infantry (September 17, 1862) Cobb's Brigade crossed the Potomac at daybreak and halted near General Lee's Headquarters west of Sharpsburg. At about 9:20 A.M., it formed line on the south side of Bloody Lane, its left resting at this point and, with Rodes' and portions . . . — Map (db m5467) | | Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 365 — Colquitt's and Garland's Brigades | | | C.S.A. Colquitt's and Garland's Brigades (September 17, 1862) After the repulse of the Confederate Line in the East Woods and Cornfield north of the Smoketown Road in the morning of the 17th, parts of the Brigades of Colquitt and Garland rallied in the sunken road at this point, their right connecting with Rodes, their left resting on the Hagerstown Pike. They co-operated with Rodes in repelling the advance of French's Division, Second Corps, and in co-operating with detachments of McLaws' . . . — Map (db m5477) | | Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 323 — Longstreet's Command — Anderson's Brigade, D.R. Jones' Division | | | C.S.A. Longstreet's Command Anderson's Brigade, D.R. Jones' Division Col. George T. Anderson, 11th Georgia Infantry, Commanding Organization 1st Georgia Infantry (Regulars) 7th Georgia Infantry 8th Georgia Infantry 9th Georgia Infantry 11th Georgia Infantry September 17, 1862 Anderson's Brigade was withdrawn from the Boonsboro Pike at about 7:30 A.M. and moved to a position in rear of the Dunkard Church. It supported McLaws' Division in the attack on Sedgwick's Division, and was then . . . — Map (db m5468) | | Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 332 — D.H. Hill's Division, Jackson's Command | | | C.S.A. D.H. Hill's Division, Jackson's Command, Maj. Gen. Daniel H. Hill, commanding. September 15-16, 1862. D.H. Hill's Division retired from South Mountain during the night of Sept. 14, crossed the Antietam, at the Middle Bridge, at daylight of the 15th, and formed line facing the Antietam on the high ground east of this road, its right near the Boonsboro Pike, its left on the Hagerstown Pike near the Bloody Lane. On the 15th and 16th it supported the artillery which was engaged with the . . . — Map (db m5469) | | Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — A.N.V. | | | Near this spot an abandoned Confederate gun manned by a Second Lieutenant of the 6th Virginia Infantry, Mahone's Brigade, and two infantry volunteers from Anderson's Georgia Brigade, was placed in action September 17, 1862. — Map (db m5470) |
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