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Confederate Brigade

McLaws' Division Artillery

 

Commanding Officers on the Sharpsburg Campaign:
  Maj. S. P. Hamilton
  Col. Henry C. Cabell

 

This Brigade's Chain of Command:
  Army - Army of Northern Virginia
  Corps - Longstreet's Command
  Division - McLaws' Division


Units which make up this Brigade:
  Pulaski (GA) Artillery
  Troup (GA) Artillery
  Manly's (NC) Battery
  Richmond 'Fayette' (VA) Artillery
  Richmond Howitzers, 1st Company

On the Sharpsburg Campaign

Major Hamilton was acting Chief of Artillery to Gen McLaws until Colonel Cabell was sufficiently recovered from illness to return to his duties on the field at Sharpsburg on September 17th. (Gen McLaws, in his official report)

Battlefield Tablet for this Unit

Tablet #357: McLaws' Division, Longstreet's Command - 16 Sep, 11 AM to 18 Sep, 9 PM