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 of Garland's and Colquitt's Brigades, participated in the engagement with French's Division of the Second Corps. Later in the day the Brigade changed front to the right, facing east, and supported D. H. Hill's Division and George T. Anderson's Brigade in resisting the advance of Richardson's Division.
Marker is at the intersection of Hagerstown Pike (State Highway 65) and Richardson Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Hagerstown Pike.
Courtesy hmdb.org
