Jackson's Division at Antietam. Use the “First >>” button above to see these markers in sequence.| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 381 — Jackson's Division, Jackson's Command | | | C.S.A. Jackson's Division, Jackson's Command. Brigadier General J.R. Jones, Commanding. Organization. Winder's Brigade, Col. A.J. Grigsby, 27th Virginia Commanding. Jone's Brigade, Capt. John E. Penn, 42nd Virginia Commanding. Taliaferro's Brigade, Col. J.W. Jackson, 47th Alabama, Commanding. Starke's Brigade, Brig. Gen. W.E. Starke, Commanding. (September 16, 1862.) Late in the afternoon of the 16th, Jackson's Division formed in two lines west of the Hagerstown Pike, the right resting on . . . — Map (db m6150) HM | | Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 382 — Jackson's Division, Jackson's Command | | | (Main Tablet):C.S.A. Jackson's Division, Jackson's Command. Brigadier General J.R. Jones, Commanding. (September 17, 1862.) Early in the morning of the 17,th while in the position taken the evening before, Jackson's Division was subjected to a heavy fire of artillery from light batteries in its front, which was replied to by the batteries of the division, Poague's, Carpenter's, Brockenbrough's, Raine's, Caskie's and Wooding's. Heavy guns beyond the Antietam enfiladed the division . . . — Map (db m6152) HM | | Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — The Baltimore Battery | | | The Baltimore Battery (Confederate) fired from this spot into the Union forces in the Cornfield. It included a 12-pounder iron howitzer (like the small gun before you), the only one of its kind among the 500 cannon at Antietam. — Map (db m6269) HM | | Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — Baltimore Battery | | | Maryland Baltimore Battery Jackson's Division C.S.A. The battery, under the command of Capt. J.B. Brockenbrough, occupied a position near this marker at daybreak, and opened the battle on the Confederate side. The monument to the Maryland troops is near the Dunkard Church. — Map (db m6270) HM | | Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — Brigadier General William E. Starke | | | Brigadier General William E. Starke C.S.A. Killed Here. — Map (db m6980) HM | | Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 375 — Jackson's Command — Starke's Brigade, Jackson's Division | | | C.S.A. Jackson's Command, Starke's Brigade, Jackson's Division Brig. Gen. William E. Starke, Commanding. Organization. 1st, 2nd, 9th, 10th, and 15th Louisiana Infantry, Coppen's (Louisiana) Battalion. (September 16-17, 1862.) On the evening of September 16th, Starke's Brigade formed line perpendicular to this road, on the left of Taliaferro's. When the brigades of Jones and Winder were forced back, on the morning of the 17th, this brigade advanced with Taliaferro's and the rallied brigades, . . . — Map (db m6266) HM | | Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 376 — Jackson's Command — Taliaferro's Brigade, Jackson's Division | | | C.S.A. Jackson's Command. Taliaferro's Brigade, Jackson's Division, Colonel J.W. Jackson, 47th Alabama, Commanding. Organization. 47th, and 48th Alabama and 10th, 23d, and 37th Virginia Infantry. (September 16-17, 1862.) On the evening of September 16, Taliferro's Brigade formed in the second line perpendicular to this road, its right resting at this point on the left of Starke. When the first line, composed of the brigades of Jones and Winder, was forced back early in the morning of the . . . — Map (db m6264) HM |
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