The Branch’s Brigade of Hill’s Light Division marker is on the east side of the Harpers Ferry Road near Branch Avenue. (Branch Avenue South tour map)

From the marker:

C.S.A.
Jackson’s Command

Branch’s Brigade, Hill’s Light Division

Brig. Gen. L. O’B. Branch

Organization.
7th North Carolina Infantry
18th North Carolina Infantry
28th North Carolina Infantry
33d North Carolina Infantry
37th North Carolina Infantry

September 17, 1862.

Branch’s Brigade formed line at this point about 3 P.M. and supported Archer’s Brigade in its advance and encounter at the stonewall about 600 yards distant.

Toward the close of the engagement General Branch was killed and the command fell to Colonel James H. Lane of the 28th North Carolina, who formed the Brigade on Archer’s left, where it remained until the morning of the 19th, when it recrossed the Potomac at Blacksford’s Ford.

No. 353.