Jackson's Command
Field's Brigade, Hill's Light Division.
C.S.A.
Field's Brigade, Hill's Light Division,
Col. John M. Brockenbrough, 40th Virginia Infantry, Commanding.
Organization.
40th Virginia Infantry,
47th Virginia Infantry,
55th Virginia Infantry,
22d Virginia Infantry.
September 17, 1862.
Field's Brigade left Harper's Ferry at 7:30 a.m. of September 17, reached this point about 3 p.m., and was put in position to guard the approaches to the field by Snavely's Ford and the lower Antietam.
The brigade was not actively engaged, and recrossed the Potomac early on the morning of September 19.
Marker is at the intersection of Harpers Ferry Road and Branch Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Harpers Ferry Road.
Courtesy hmdb.org
