Stone Sentinels, battlefield monuments of the American Civil War

Anderson's Brigade, D. R. Jones' Division

Located on the south side of the Boonsboro Pike, in front of the National Cemetery

 

 

C.S.A.
Longstreet's Command

Anderson's Brigade, D. R. Jones' Division

Brigadier General Geo. B. Anderson, Commanding.

Organization.
1st Georgia Infantry (Regulars),
7th Georgia Infantry,
8th Georgia Infantry,
9th Georgia Infantry,
11th Georgia Infantry

 

(September 15-16, 1862.)

Anderson's Brigade, temporarily attached to Hood's Division, reached Sharpsburg about noon of the 15th, and went into position on the south of this road in support of the Washington Artillery.

 

It remained in this position and in a corresponding position on the opposite side of the road, which it occupied for about three hours, until the morning of the 17th, when it was moved to the left to support Hood's Division.

 

No. 328.

 

 

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