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 Confederate Tablet No. 338, Jackson's Command, Rodes' Brigade, D.H. Hill's Division - Sharpsburg, MD Posted by:  neoc1
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Confederate Tablet No. 338 describes the location and actions of Jackson's Command, Rodes' Brigade, D.H. Hill's Division at Antietam National Battlefield in Sharpsburg, MD.
Waymark Code: WMT39K
Location: Maryland, United States
Date Posted: 09/18/2016
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Antietam National Battlefield consists of 2,743 acres and the Civil War Trust has preserved an additional 240 acres around the battlefield site. Antietam was one of the first five Civil War battlefields to be preserved by the Federal Government on August 30, 1890. Between 1896 and 1898 the U.S. War Department placed over 300 tablets to mark the location of individual regiments during important aspects of the Battle of Antietam which occurred on September 17, 1862. Since 1933 the Department of the Interior has maintained the battlefield.
The Bloody Lane was the site of heavy fighting. Tablet No. 338 describes the position and actions of Jackson's Command, Rodes' Brigade, D.H. Hill's Division. It is located west of the monument for the 5th Maryland (US) Infantry and is inscribed:
C.S.A.
JACKSON'S COMMAND
RODES' BRIGADE, D. H. HILL'S DIVISION
BRIG. GEN. R. E. RODES, COMMANDING.
ORGANIZATION.
3RD ALABAMA INFANTRY,
5TH ALABAMA INFANTRY,
6TH ALABAMA INFANTRY,
12TH ALABAMA INFANTRY,
26TH ALABAMA INFANTRY
(SEPTEMBER 17, 1862.)
ON THE NIGHT OF SEPTEMBER 16, RODES' BRIGADE BIVOUACKED IN THE
FIELD EAST OF PIPER'S HOUSE. ON THE MORNING OF THE 17TH IT MOVED TO THE
BLOODY LANE, ITS CENTER A FEW FEET NORTH OF THIS POINT.
SUPPORTED BY THE BRIGADE OF G. B. ANDERSON ON THE RIGHT AND BY
REMNANTS OF THE BRIGADES OF COLQUITT AND GARLAND ON THE LEFT, IT WITHSTOOD
SEVERAL ASSAULTS OF FRENCH'S DIVISION OF SUMNER'S CORPS, BUT ITS RIGHT
FLANK HAVING BEEN TURNED BY THE ADVANCE OF RICHARDSON'S DIVISION, IT WAS
COMPELLED TO RETIRE IN THE DIRECTION OF SHARPSBURG.
NO. 338.
Date Installed or Dedicated: 01/01/1896
Name of Government Entity or Private Organization that built the monument: Unites States Department of War
Union, Confederate or Other Monument: Confederate
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