| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — New Jersey State Monument |
| | (Each unit is detailed in a separate tablet): Thirteenth New Jersey Infantry Colonel Ezra A. Carman, Comanding Third Brigade, First Division Twelfth Corps ————— Here this regiment, seventeen days after leaving home, met "its Baptism of fire," September 17, 1862. The first to fall was Captain Hugh C. Irish, later in the day the regiment was heavily engaged in rear of Dunkard Church, its loss during the day was 102. In the Army of the Potomac, and . . . — Map (db m6055) HM |
| Maryland (Frederick County), Burkittsville — First New Jersey Brigade |
| | 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th Infantry and Hexamer’s Battery
September 14, 1862
Late in the afternoon the brigade advanced from the fields north and west of Burkittsville, charged up the mountain, carried this point and followed the enemy to the west foot of the mountain. Loss in the brigade 40 killed, 134 wounded. — Map (db m2061) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — First New Jersey Brigade |
| | 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th Infantry and Hexamer's Battery September 17, 1862 ———————— This stone marks the right of the Brigade when a little after noon, it was formed to charge the woods north of the Dunkard Church. The order was countermanded and the Brigade moved as short distance to the left to support the corps artillery, soon after which Hexamer's Battery engaged and silenced the Confederate artillery at the Dunkard Church. — Map (db m5774) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — First New Jersey Brigade |
| | 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th Infantry and Hexamer’s Battery
September 17, 1862 ————— The Brigade arrived upon this field from Crampton's Pass about noon, and was formed for a charge upon the Confederate line just north of the Dunkard Church. The order for the charge was countermanded, and the Brigade took position across this road in support of the 6th Corps Artillery. The right of the Brigade in the woods north of the road, the left in the open field south, where it . . . — Map (db m6025) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 13th New Jersey Infantry |
| | September 17, 1862 ————————— First position under artillery fire, about 150 yards north of this point at 10 a.m. advanced to the Hagerstown Road and became closely engaged. — Map (db m5789) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 13th New Jersey Infantry |
| | September 17, 1862 —————— Center of regiment at 10.20 a.m. facing west. Part of the right wing was across the road. — Map (db m6060) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 13th New Jersey Infantry |
| | September 17, 1862 ————————— Engaged in this position, facing west, from 11.20 a.m. to about 12 noon. — Map (db m6061) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — Hexamar's (New Jersey) Battery |
| | September 17, 1862 —————— From a position about 60 yards south of this point the battery, between 2 and 3 p.m., engaged and silenced the Confederate artillery around the Dunkard Church. — Map (db m6036) 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 |
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