| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 73 — Sixth Army Corps — Brooks' Brigade, Smith's Division |
| | U.S.A. Sixth Army Corps Brooks' Brigade, Smith's Division Brig Gen. W.T.H. Brooks, Commanding Organization 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th Vermont Infantry September 17, 1862 Brooks' Brigade left its camp in Pleasant Valley at 6 a.m., of the 17th, crossed the Antietam at Pry's Ford and reached the field about noon. It was ordered to the support of Sedgwick's Division, Second Corps, on the Union right but, before getting into position was ordered to the support of French's Division and formed in . . . — Map (db m5479) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 76 — Couch's Division, Fourth Army Corps |
| | U.S.A. Couch's Division, Fourth Army Corps, Maj. Gen. D.N. Couch, Commanding. September 16-18, 1862. On the 16th, Couch's Division was drawn up across Pleasant Valley near Rohrersville, observing McLaws' command. On the morning of the 17th, the Division marched nearly to Harper's Ferry, then countermarched and bivouacked that night on the Huffer Farm about a half mile south of Keedysville. It reached the field about 11 a.m., on the 18th, Cochrane's Brigade relieved Irwin's Brigade of . . . — Map (db m5484) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 1st Delaware |
| | Delaware 1st Delaware Volunteers Colonel John W. Andrews 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, II Corps on the morning of Sept. 17, 1862 this regiment crossed Antietam Creek forming right of first line of French's Division. Advanced with heavy skirmishing through Roulette Farm and became fiercely engaged immediately in front of Sunken Road. Withdrew to stronger position 100 yards north of here. 8 of the 10 company commanders and entire color-guard killed or wounded Losses Officers Men Killed 3 26 . . . — Map (db m5485) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 5th Md. Vet. Vol. Infy. |
| | Erected by the survivors of Company A & I to the memory of our fallen comrads who fell on this spot September 17, 1862. ———— This stone marks the extreme advance of Weber's Brigade French's Div. 2nd Army Corps ———— Can their glory ever fade! — Map (db m17622) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — The Fourteenth Connecticut Volunteer Infantry |
| | (Front Side): 2nd Brig. 3rd Div. 2nd A.C. ———— Advanced to this point in a charge about 9:30 A.M., September 17th, 1862 then fell back eighty-eight yards to a cornfield fence and held position heavily engaged nearly two hours; then was sent to the support of the first brigade of its division at the Roulette Lane two hours; then was sent to the extreme left of the first division of this corps to the support of Brooke's Brigade and at 5 p.m. was placed in . . . — Map (db m5491) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — Old Vermont Brigade |
| | 1861 ——— 1865 Brig. Gen. W. T. H. Brooks Second Division, Sixth Corps Second Regiment Major James H. Walbridge. Third Regiment Major Thomas O. Seaver. Fourth Regiment Lieut. Col. Chas. B. Stroughton. Fifth Regiment Colonel Lewis A. Grant Sixth Regiment Major Oscar S. Tuttle. Vermont — Map (db m5632) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 74 — Sixth Army Corps — Irwin's Brigade, Smith's Division |
| | (First Tablet): U.S.A. Sixth Army Corps. Irwin's Brigade, Smith's Division, Col. William H. Irwin, 49th Pennsylvania Infantry, Commanding. Organization 7th Maine Infantry, 20th, 33d, 49th, & 77th New York Infantry September 17, 1862 Irwin's Brigade came on the field about noon of the 17th, and formed across the Smoketown Road in rear of a line of artillery. After an unsuccessful attempt to penetrate the Confederate line south of the Dunkard Church, the brigade rallied behind the . . . — Map (db m5486) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 5th Maryland Infantry |
| | Maryland 5th Md Infantry 3rd Max Weber's Brigade. 3rd French's Division. 2nd Sumner's Corps. Advanced to the knoll above the bloody lane. 300 feet in the rear of of this marker. Loss. 43 killed 123 wounded. The monument to the Maryland troops is near the Dunkard Church. — Map (db m5487) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 42 — Second Army Corps — Morris' Brigade, French's Division |
| | U.S.A. Second Army Corps, Morris' Brigade, French's Division. Colonel Dwight Morris, 14th Connecticut, Commanding. Organization. 14th Connecticut Infantry, 108th New York Infantry, 130th Pennsylvania Infantry. September 17, 1862. Morris' Brigade relieved Weber's and took position on the rise of ground just north of the Bloody Lane; The 108th New York east of Roulette's Lane, the 14th Connecticut and the 130th Pennsylvania west of it. Here, supported and afterwards reinforced by Kimball's . . . — Map (db m6922) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 43 — Second Army Corps — Weber's Brigade, French's Division |
| | U.S.A. Second Army Corps. Weber's Brigade, French's Division. Brig. Gen. Max Weber, Commanding. Organization. 1st Delaware Infantry, 5th Maryland Infantry, 4th New York Infantry. September 17, 1862. Weber's Brigade, forming the advance of French's Division, encountered the enemy near Roulette's House at about 9:15 a.m. pushed them back to the Bloody Lane and gained a position on the high ground about 60 yards north of this point. Here the brigade became engaged in an obstinate contest with . . . — Map (db m6956) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 40 — French's Division, Second Army Corps |
| | U.S.A. French's Division, Second Army Corps, Brig. Gen. William H. French, Commanding. September 17, 1862. French's Division crossed the Antietam at Pry's Ford about 8:30 a.m. and marched in columns by brigades, Kimball on the right, Morris in the center, and Weber on the left. After advancing about one mile the division faced to the left, passed through the meadows to Roulette's House, near which it encountered the enemy and pushed them back to the Bloody Lane, where its advance was . . . — Map (db m6958) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 130th Pennslyvania Volunteer Infantry |
| | (Front): 130 Pennsylvania
Vounteer Infantry 2 Brigade 3 Division 2 Corps (Rear): This memorial marks the regiment's right of line in battle. Its left extended to Roulette's Lane below. It went into battle by way of the Roulette Farm buildings about 9:30 a.m. and, driving back the enemy, maintained its position at and immediately northeast of this point on the high ground overlooking bloody lane, until 1:30 o'clock p.m., when withdrawn to replenish its exhausted ammunition and . . . — Map (db m6916) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — The 14th Indiana Infantry |
| | The 14th Indiana Infantry 1st Brigade 3rd Division, 2nd Army Corps Colonel William Harrow commanding fought 70 yards east of this position and parallel with this road from 9 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. September 17th, 1862 Officers and men engaged 320 officers killed 2, men killed 28 officers wounded 9, men wounded 141. — Map (db m5492) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 41 — Second Army Corps — Kimball's Brigade, French's Division |
| | U.S.A. Second Army Corps, Kimball's Brigade, French's Division Brig. Gen. Nathan Kimball, Commanding. Organization. 14th Indiana Infantry, 8th Ohio Infantry, 132d Pennsylvania Infantry, 7th West Virginia Infantry. September 17, 1862. Kimball's Brigade following Weber and Morris, encountered the enemy in the Bloody Lane and in the Cornfield to the south. The contest there was of the most desperate character, and continued until after noon when, supported on the left by Richardson's . . . — Map (db m6959) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 8th Ohio Regiment |
| | (Front): Ohio
8th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Lieut. Col. Franklin Sawyer 1st Brigade Gen. Nathan Kimball
3rd Division Gen. W. H. French 2nd Corps, Gen. Edwin V. Sumner Army of the Potomac On this field Ohio's sons sacrificed life and health for one country and one flag. (Rear): September 17, 1862 forded Antietam Creek waist deep; formed line of battle South of the Roulette buildings, in orchard, took crest of hill at the point of the bayonet; held position four hours; . . . — Map (db m5493) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — "The End of the Confederacy Was In Sight" |
| | Major General Edwin Sumner commanded the Second Corps, largest corps in the Union Army of the Potomac - but he never could get his three divisions together. His lead division was broken in the West Woods. Brigadier General William French's division smashed itself on the Confederate line in the Sunken Road. Finally Major General Israel Richardson's division came up beside French's and gained a position from which they could fire down the length of the Sunken Road. Then, as a Southerner . . . — Map (db m5496) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — Heaps Upon Heaps Were There in Death's Embrace |
| | Confederate Soldier in the 3rd Alabama Infantry (1) Within the first few hours of the battle, Gen. D.H. Hill sent more than half of his 5,000 soldiers to reinforce the northern end of the Confederate line. Of the two brigades that remained in the lane, one was commanded by Gen. Robert Rodes and the other by Gen. G.B. Anderson. Combined, they numbered about 2,200 men. (2) The first Federal soldiers to attack the Sunken Road were Gen. William H. French's troops. At approximately 9:30 a.m., . . . — Map (db m20744) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — "These Men Are Going to Stay Here" |
| | Before the fighting started here, General Robert E. Lee rode up to encourage his men. Colonel John B. Gordon responded loud enough for all to hear: "These men are going to stay here, General, till the sun goes down or victory is won!" Years later he wrote: "Alas! Many of the brave fellows are there now." "In this road there lay so many dead rebels that they formed a line which one might have walked upon as far as I could see. They lay just as they had been killed apparently, . . . — Map (db m5495) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — A Simple Farm Lane Changed Forever |
| | During the early hours of the battle, Col. John Brown Gordon promised Robert E. Lee, "These men are going to stay here, General, till the sun goes down or victory is won." The Confederate troops that Gordon commanded were part of a well protected line of over 2,200 men hunkered down behind piled-up fence rails in this well worn sunken road. When the Federal attacks shifted south at approximately 9:30 a.m., the Confederates held their fire until the last possible second. Then, as Gordon . . . — Map (db m20742) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 132nd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry |
| | (Front): Antietam 132nd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry 1 Brigade 3 Division 2 Corps September 17, 1862 (Back): Casualties at Antietam Killed 30 Wounded 114 Missing 3 Total 152 Battles Participated in Antietam MD. Sept. 17, 1862 Fredericksburg VA. Dec. 13, 1862 Chancellorsvile VA. Apr. 30. May 3, 1863 Recruited in Montour Wyoming Bradford Columbia Carbon and Luzerne Counties — Map (db m5499) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 336 — Jackson's Command — Anderson's Brigade, D.H. Hill's Division |
| | C.S.A. Jackson's Command, Anderson's Brigade, D.H. Hill's Division. Brigadier General Geo. B. Anderson, Commanding. Organization. 2d, 4th, 14th, and 30th North Carolina Infantry. (September 17, 1862.) On the night of September 16, 1862, Anderson's Brigade bivouacked on either side of the Boonsboro Turnpike near the end of the ravine and Piper's Cornfield to and beyond this point, but being forced back, formed line a few feet north of this on the right of Rodes' Brigade. It withstood several . . . — Map (db m6962) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — Brigadier General George B. Anderson |
| | Brigadier General George B. Anderson C.S.A. mortally wounded 235 yards S. SW. — Map (db m5498) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 386 — Anderson’s Division, Longstreet’s Command |
| | C.S.A. Anderson’s Division, Longstreet’s Command Maj. Gen. R.H. Anderson Commanding. (September 17, 1862) Anderson's Division comprising the brigades of Cumming, Wright, Pryor, Mahone, Featherstone, and Armistead crossed the Potomac at Blackford's Ford about daybreak and between 9 and 10 a.m. arrived upon this part of the field. Armistead's Brigade was sent to the support of McLaws in the Dunkard Church woods and the other five brigades were disposed in the apple orchard and on open ground . . . — Map (db m5501) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 44 — Richardson's Division, Second Army Corps |
| | U.S.A. Richardson's Division, Second Army Corps, Maj. Gen. Israel B. Richardson, commanding September 17, 1862. Richardson's Division crossed the Antietam at Pry's Ford about 9:30 a.m. and advanced to the ravine behind the high ground overlooking Roulette's House where it formed line of battle as follows - Meagher's Brigade on the right, Caldwell's on the left and Brooke's in reserve. The division advanced on French's left and engaged the enemy near this point. After a stubborn and varying . . . — Map (db m5502) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 45 — Second Army Corps — Caldwell's Brigade, Richardson's Division |
| | U.S.A. Second Army Corps. Caldwell's Brigade, Richardson's Division. Brig. General John C. Caldwell, Commanding. Organization 5th New Hampshire, 81st Pennsylvania, 7th, 61st, and 64th New York Infantry. (September 17, 1862) Caldwell's Brigade relieved Meagher's and became heavily engaged with the Confederate Infantry, occupying the Sunken Road and Piper's Cornfield south of it. After an obstinate contest, the Brigade succeeded in dislodging the Confederates from the Sunken Road and, having . . . — Map (db m5539) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 46 — Second Army Corps — Meagher's Brigade, Richardson's Division |
| | U.S.A. Second Army Corps Meagher's Brigade, Richardson's Division, Brig. Gen. Thomas F. Meagher, Commanding Organization 29th Massachusetts Infantry 63rd New York Infantry 69th New York Infantry 88th New York Infantry September 17, 1862 Meagher's Brigade led the advance of Richardson's Division and, in the field just north of this, became engaged with the Confederate Brigade of Geo. B. Anderson which was forced to retire to the Bloody Lane. At this point, Meagher's advance was checked . . . — Map (db m5521) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 47 — Second Army Corps — Brooke's Brigade, Richardson's Division |
| | U.S.A. Second Army Corps, Brooke's Brigade, Richardson's Division Col. John R. Brooke, 53rd Pennsylvania Infantry. commanding. organization. 2nd Delaware Infantry, 52nd New York Infantry, 57th New York Infantry, 66th New York Infantry, 53d Pennsylvania Infantry, September 17, 1862. Brooke's Brigade formed the reserve of Richardson's Division. After checking an attempt of the enmy to gain the right rear of Frenche's Division near Roulette's House, it co-operated with Caldwell in his advance . . . — Map (db m5541) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 2nd Delaware |
| | Delaware 2nd Delaware Volunteers Capt. David L. Stricker 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, II Corps This regiment of Richardson's reserve brigade crossed Antietam Creek, advanced with division and came under heavy artillery fire while holding position immediately beyond crest of this ridge. It moved to right and helped repulse counterattack in gap between French and Richardson's divisions. In final assault on Bloody Lane, the regiment crossed here and took possession of Piper farm buildings until . . . — Map (db m5542) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 121 — September 17, 1862 (Continued) |
| | U.S.A. September 17, 1862 (Continued) French's Division, following Sedgwick across the Antietam, on reaching the East Woods Wheeled to the left, drove the Confederate outposts from the Roulette Buildings and about 9:30 a.m., engaged the brigade of Rodes, Colquitts and Garland. Posted on the west end of Bloody Lane, George. B. Anderson's Brigade (on Rodes' right) endeavored to turn French's left but was forced back by the advance of Richardson's Division, which formed on French's left. Five . . . — Map (db m5578) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — Major General Israel B. Richardson |
| | Major General Israel B. Richardson U.S.A. Mortally Wounded 45 Yards N. 32'E. — Map (db m5623) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — Hexamer's (New Jersey) Battery |
| | September 17, 1862 —————— From 3.30 p.m. until near sunset this battery from a point about 80 yards north of this, engaged the enemy around the Piper buildings. — Map (db m5629) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — Irish Brigade |
| | (Right Side): Formed in November, 1861, the Brigade was largely recruited in New York, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania. Its initial regiments were the 69th, 88th, and 63rd New York State Volunteers. Other units identified as part of the Brigade included the 29th Massachusetts, 116th Pennsylvania, and 28th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiments. The Brigade fought in all of the major campaigns of the Army of the Potomac. It lost over 4,000 men during the war. This total is larger than . . . — Map (db m5480) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 384 — D.H. Hill's Division, Jackson's Command |
| | C.S.A. D.H. Hill's Division, Jackson's Command. Major General D.H. Hill, Commanding. (September 15-16, 1862.) D.H. Hill's Division led the retreat from South Mountain on the night of the 14th. Rodes' and Colquitt's Brigades, both under command of Rodes, were hastened to Sharpsburg to expel the Union cavalry which had escaped from Harper's Ferry. The cavalry having moved on the direction of Hagerstown, Rodes marched through the town and halted near the Potomac, early on the 15th. The three . . . — Map (db m5630) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 385 — D.H. Hill's Division |
| | D.H. Hill's Division (September 17, 1862) Early on the 17th, Ripley fired the Mumma Buildings and passed them in the direction of the south part of the East Woods, then, moving by the left flank, crossed the Smoketown Road and engaged Union troops in Miller's Cornfield. Colquitt followed Ripley and formed on his right. Garland's Brigade moving from the field north of the present stone tower, followed Colquitt. After a severe contest, involving heavy losses, the three brigades were driven by . . . — Map (db m5631) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — War Department Observation Tower |
| | This tower was built by the War Department in 1896 as part of the early development efforts by the U.S. military to create an open-air classroom at Antietam. The War Department also placed cannon, built roads and fences. They interviewed Antietam veterans and created over 200 detailed battle tablets like the ones here at the tower. The War Department established five National Military Parks in the 1890s - Antietam, Gettysburg, Chickamauga-Chattanooga, Shiloh, and Vicksburg. The five parks were . . . — Map (db m20746) HM |
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