Confederate Brigade

Evans' (Independent) Brigade

Commanding Officers on the Sharpsburg Campaign:
Nathan George Evans
Peter F Stevens

Members of Interest:
  Willoughby F. Trezevant, courier;
  Capt. Asa L. Evans, AAG;
  Lt. Thomas D. Eason, Ordnance Officer;
  Lt. Samuel J. Corrie, ADC

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

Units which make up this Brigade:
  17th South Carolina Infantry
  18th South Carolina Infantry
  22nd South Carolina Infantry
  23rd South Carolina Infantry
  Holcombe (SC) Legion Infantry Battalion
  Macbeth (SC) Artillery

On the Sharpsburg Campaign

At the start of the Campaign Brigadier General Evans was placed in command of a temporary division consisting of his and Briagdier General Hood's brigades while that general was under arrest. He directed his senior Colonel, Stevens, to lead the brigade. Evans still considered himself in command of a division even after General Lee suspended Hood's arrest on 14 September, and left Colonel Stevens in effective command of the brigade to 19 September 1862.

Maps Showing this Unit

Detail Map #11: Sykes' Regulars Advance from the Middle Bridge (noon-4 pm)
Detail Map #12: Burnside's Ninth Corps Climbs Toward Sharpsburg (3-4 pm)
Detail Map #14: Sykes' Regulars Near Sharpsburg (4-5 pm)

Battlefield Tablets for this Unit

Tablet #303: Longstreet's Command - 14 Sep, 9 PM to 15 Sep, 12 PM
Tablet #301: Army of Northern Virginia - 14 Sep, 9 PM to 16 Sep, 9 PM
Tablet #312: Evans' Brigade, Longstreet's Command - 14 Sep, 9 PM to 16 Sep, 9 PM
Tablet #313: Evans' Brigade, Longstreet's Command - 17 Sep, 6 AM to 17 Sep, 4 PM
Tablet #304: Longstreet's Command - 17 Sep, 7 AM to 17 Sep, 3 PM