Virtual tour of the West Woods by markers. Use the First >> button above to see these markers in sequence.| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 55 — Twelfth Army Corps Gordon's Brigade, Williams' Division | | | U.S.A. Twelfth Army Corps, Gordon's Brigade, Williams' Division Brig. Gen. George H. Gordon, Commanding. Organization. 2nd Massachusetts Infantry, 3rd Wisconsin Infantry, 27th Indiana Infantry, 13th New Jersey Infantry, 107th New York Infantry, Zouaves D'Afrique, Pennsylvania. September 17, 1862, No. 2. Immediately after the withdrawal of Gordon's Brigade to the East Woods, after being relieved by Sedgwick's Division, it was ordered to the support of that Division in the West Woods. The . . . — Map (db m6052) HM | | Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 36 — Sedgwick's Division, Second Army Corps | | | U.S.A. Sedgwick's Division, Second Army Corps, Maj. Gen. John Sedgwick, Commanding. September 17, 1862. Sedgwick's Division crossed the Antietam at Pry's Ford at 7:45 a.m. and, advancing from the East Woods in column of Brigades, Gorman's Brigade in advance, Dana's second and Howard's Third, passed through the Cornfield and the open fields to the south, crossed the Hagerstown Pike, entered the West Woods, and had reached the open ground beyond, when its advance was checked by Jackson's . . . — Map (db m6050) HM | | Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — The 19th Indiana Infantry | | | 4th Brigade, 1st Division, 1st Army Corps Lieut. Colonel Alois O. Bachman Commanding Until he fell mortally wounded 150 yards due east, occupied this ground at 2 p.m. September 17th 1862. Loss 13 killed; 58 wounded — Map (db m6063) HM | | Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — Brigadier General William E. Starke | | | Brigadier General William E. Starke C.S.A. Killed Here. — Map (db m6980) HM | | Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — "We May Never Meet Again" | | | A few days before the battle, bidding farewell to a friend, Union General Mansfield said: "We may never meet again." Brigadier General William E. Starke, C.S.A. He led the counterattack that helped stop the first Union attack down the Hagerstown Pike. He was hit by three bullets and died within the hour. Brigadier General George B. Anderson, C.S.A. His brigade was posted in the Sunken Road - Bloody Lane. His ankle wound did not seem serious, but he died October 16 at age 31. Brigadier . . . — Map (db m6973) HM | | Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — Philadelphia Brigade Park | | | During the fighting in the West Woods, the Philadelphia Brigade, commanded by Gen. O.O. Howard, lost more than 550 men in about twenty minutes of combat. Thirty years later the Philadelphia Brigade Association purchased eleven acres for their monument. The veterans decided to use the excess property around the monument to establish a public park. They planted trees, erected a gate, and in 1896 dedicated a monument in what is known today as Philadelphia Brigade Park. Over seventy feet tall, the . . . — Map (db m20625) HM | | Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — "The Jaws of Death" | | | Sedgwick's division entered the West Woods. "The last of the charging lines had gone beyond, and was sweeping majestically into the jaws of death when the mass seemed to halt, while from the front line spouted forth a long angry sheet of flame from innumerable gun barrels. Men were falling fast now, as unseen batteries were pelting the lines with an iron storm, and Confederate bullets were finding the object of their flight." Confederate infantry and artillery hit the Union lines from . . . — Map (db m6267) HM | | Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — "Back Boys, For God's Sake Move Back;" "You Are In A Bad Fix" | | | Gen. Edwin Vose Sumner, Union Second Corps Commander (1) As the battle shifted away from the Cornfield, Gen. John Sedwick's division of Federal troops, personally led by corps commander Gen. Edwin Sumner, advanced from the East Woods. Sumner's plan was to move into the West Woods, hit the Confederates in the flank and drive them toward Sharpsburg. Over 5,000 Union soldiers marched out of the East Woods and headed toward the West Woods at 9:15 a.m. (2) Along with other Confederate forces, . . . — Map (db m20659) HM | | Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — "With Flags Flying" | | | The Cornfield was quiet. The first two Union attacks had failed to break the Confederate line. Union Major General John Sedgwick's division formed up in column of brigades: three brigades - each with more than 1,700 men - each brigade a double rank extending a half mile. The lines moved toward the West Woods: "With flags flying and the long unfaltering lines rising and falling as they crossed the rolling fields, it looked as if nothing could stop them." A second observer saw a . . . — Map (db m6268) HM | | Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — The Onward Rush to Victory or Defeat | | | Sgt. William Andrews, 1st Georgia Regiment As the battle escalated, Union Gen. Edwin Sumner moved the Second Corps across Antietam Creek and into the battle. The swift waters of the Antietam and the difficult terrain separated the three divisions in Sumner's Corps. One division advanced toward the West Woods, while the remaining two fell behind and later assaulted the Sunken Road. At approximately 9:30 a.m. Sumner led Gen. John Sedgwick's Division, numbering more than 5,000 men, into the . . . — Map (db m20652) HM | | Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — The Baltimore Battery | | | The Baltimore Battery (Confederate) fired from this spot into the Union forces in the Cornfield. It included a 12-pounder iron howitzer (like the small gun before you), the only one of its kind among the 500 cannon at Antietam. — Map (db m6269) HM | | Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — Baltimore Battery | | | Maryland Baltimore Battery Jackson's Division C.S.A. The battery, under the command of Capt. J.B. Brockenbrough, occupied a position near this marker at daybreak, and opened the battle on the Confederate side. The monument to the Maryland troops is near the Dunkard Church. — Map (db m6270) HM | | Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 379 — Jackson's Command Early's Brigade, Ewell's Division | | | C.S.A. Jackson's Command. Early's Brigade, Ewell's Division. Brig. Gen. Jubal A. Early, Commanding. Organization. 13th 25th 31st 44th 49th 52d & 58th Virginia Infantry. September 17-18, 1862. No.2. After supporting Jackson's Division in repulsing the right of the First Army Corps on the plateau west of the Hagerstown Pike, Early's Brigade, moving through the West Woods and along their western edge to this point, advanced east and, in co-operation with portions of McLaws' Division, drove the . . . — Map (db m7195) HM | | Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 358 — Longstreet's Command Barksdale's Brigade, McLaws' Division | | | C.S.A. Longstreet's Command. Barksdale's Brigade, McLaws' Division. Brig. Gen. William Barksdale, Commanding. Organization. 13th, 17th, 18th and 21st Mississippi Infantry. September 17, 1862. Barksdale's Brigade crossed the Potomac at Blackford's Ford about daybreak of the 17th and halted in the western suburbs of Sharpsburg until nearly 9 a.m. It then advanced to the rising ground southwest of this point and formed line in the left center of McLaws' Division - Kershaw on the right and . . . — Map (db m7202) HM | | Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — Philadelphia Brigade Monument | | | (east or front face): The Philadelphia Brigade fought here September 17, 1862 Loss - 545 men Second Brigade
(north face): The Philadelphia Brigade was mustered into the U.S. Service in 1861 under the first call for 300,000 three year volunteers. Total enrollment 1861 - 1865 5320 men Second Division
(west face or rear): The Philadelphia Brigade Organization Sixty-ninth
Seventy-first Seventy-second One hundred and sixth Regiments of Pennsylvania Infantry . . . — Map (db m7222) HM | | Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 3rd Delaware Infantry | | | Delaware 3rd Delaware Volunteers Major Arthur MaGinnis 3rd Brigade,
2nd Division, XII Corps This regiment, worn down from active service in the second Manassas Campaign, went into action Sept. 17, 1862 with only five officers and 120 men. It started out on the right of the Union line in front of the West Woods. After heavy action along the Hagerstown Pike, it helped repulse Confederate counter attack following rout of Sedgwick's Division. Final position of the regiment, 65 yards North of . . . — Map (db m7219) HM | | Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 6 — First Army Corps Gibbon's Brigade, Doubleday's Division | | | U.S.A. First Army Corps Gibbon's Brigade, Doubleday's Division Brigadier General John Gibbon, Commanding, Organization 2nd, 6th and 7th Wisconsin and 19th Indiana Infantry The Iron Brigade September 17, 1862 On the morning of the 17th, with its right on the Hagerstown Pike, Gibbon's Brigade which three days before had earned the title of the "Iron Brigade" advanced in the direction of the Dunker Church. When 135 yards North of this point Confederates under cover of the ledge and woods West . . . — Map (db m6132) HM | | Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 124th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry | | | Colonel Joseph W. Hawley (Right Plaque):Sept. 17, 1862 Antietam Chancellorsville May 1-2-3, 1863 (Lower Right Inscription):Recruited in Chester and Delaware Counties August 1862 for Nine Months Service (Rear Plaque):Erected by State of Pennsylvania and Survivors Association 1904 (Lower Rear Inscription):Casualties at Antietam Killed 5 Wounded 42 Missing 17 Total 64 (Left Plaque):1st Brigade 1st Division 12th Corps (Lower Right Inscription):It was near . . . — Map (db m6134) HM | | Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 381 — Jackson's Division, Jackson's Command | | | C.S.A. Jackson's Division, Jackson's Command. Brigadier General J.R. Jones, Commanding. Organization. Winder's Brigade, Col. A.J. Grigsby, 27th Virginia Commanding. Jone's Brigade, Capt. John E. Penn, 42nd Virginia Commanding. Taliaferro's Brigade, Col. J.W. Jackson, 47th Alabama, Commanding. Starke's Brigade, Brig. Gen. W.E. Starke, Commanding. (September 16, 1862.) Late in the afternoon of the 16th, Jackson's Division formed in two lines west of the Hagerstown Pike, the right resting on . . . — Map (db m6150) HM | | Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 382 — Jackson's Division, Jackson's Command | | | (Main Tablet):C.S.A. Jackson's Division, Jackson's Command. Brigadier General J.R. Jones, Commanding. (September 17, 1862.) Early in the morning of the 17,th while in the position taken the evening before, Jackson's Division was subjected to a heavy fire of artillery from light batteries in its front, which was replied to by the batteries of the division, Poague's, Carpenter's, Brockenbrough's, Raine's, Caskie's and Wooding's. Heavy guns beyond the Antietam enfiladed the division . . . — Map (db m6152) HM | | Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 110 — First Army Corps Patrick's Brigade, Doubleday's Division | | | U.S.A. First Army Corps, Patrick's Brigade, Doubleday's Division, Brigadier General M.R. Patrick, Commanding. Organization. 21st, 23d, 35th and 80th New York Infantry. (September 17, 1862.) Early in the morning of the 17th, Patrick's Brigade advanced through the North Woods and field east of the Hagerstown Pike and into Miller's cornfield in support of Gibbon's Brigade. When Gibbon's right deployed on the plateau and in the woods west of the Pike, Patrick crossed the Pike 230 yards north of . . . — Map (db m6162) HM | | Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 113 — Twelfth Army Corps Goodrich's Brigade, Green's Division | | | U.S.A. Twelfth Army Corps. Goodrich's Brigade, Green's Division, Col. W.B. Goodrich, 60th New York, Commanding. Organization. 3d Delaware Infantry, 60th New York Infantry, Purnell Legion, Maryland Infantry, 78th New York Infantry. (September 17, 1862.) Goodrich's Brigade was detached from its Division, when east of Joseph Poffenberger's and ordered to the assistance of Doubleday's Division. It crossed the Hagerstown Pike near Miller's, formed in the north part of the West Woods and on the . . . — Map (db m6167) HM | | Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 317 — Stuart's Cavalry Division | | | C.S.A. Stuart's Cavalry Division. Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart, Commanding. September 16-19, 1862 On the night of the 16th, Fitzhugh Lee's Brigade of Stuart's Division was in position behind the hill about 650 yards northwest of this point, supporting the horse artillery and extending the Confederate line to the Potomac River. It co-operated with Jackson's Command in resisting the advance of the enemy on the morning of the 17th, and later was withdrawn to the high ground west of this point where . . . — Map (db m6178) HM | | Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 318 — Hampton's Brigade, Stuart's Cavalry Division | | | C.S.A. Hampton's Brigade, Stuart's Cavalry Division. Brig. Gen. Wade Hampton, Commanding. Organization. 1st North Carolina Cavalry, 2nd Carolina Cavalry, Cobb's Legion, Georgia Cavalry Jeff. Davis Legion. September 17-18, 1862. Hampton's Brigade reached the field on Sept. 17 and took position on the left of Jackson's Command. Occupying with Lee's Brigade, a line extending from the left of the Confederate infantry to the Potomac River. — Map (db m6177) HM | | Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 319 — Lee's Brigade, Stuart's Cavalry Division | | | C.S.A. Lee's Brigade, Stuart's Cavalry Division, Brig. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, Commanding. Organization. 1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 9th Virginia Cavalry. (September 15-19, 1862.) The 3rd, 4th and 9th Virginia Cavalry of Lee's Brigade reached the field late in the after noon of the 15th and took position on the extreme left of the Confederate Army. The 5th Cavalry, detached from the Brigade September 11, formed on the extreme right of the Army on the evening of the 15th, and, on the morning of the . . . — Map (db m6175) HM | | Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 5 — First Army Corps Patrick's Brigade, Doubleday's Division | | | U.S.A. First Army Corps Patrick's Brigade, Doubleday's Division, Brigadier General M.R. Patrick, commanding. Organization. 21st, 23d, 35th and 80th New York Infantry. (September 17, 1862.) Patrick's Brigade formed line north of Joseph Poffenberger's at 5/30 a.m. and advanced on the east of the Hagerstown Pike in support of Gibbon's Brigade. The 80th New York was sent to support Battery B, 4th U.S. Artillery, 130 yards south of Miller's barn, and the 23d moved into the field west of this . . . — Map (db m6169) HM | | Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 359 — Longstreet's Command Semmes' Brigade, McLaws' Division | | | C.S.A. Longstreet's Command. Semmes' Brigade, McLaws' Division. Brig. Gen. Paul J. Semmes, Commanding. Organization. 10th Georgia Infantry, 53rd Georgia Infantry, 15th Virginia Infantry, 32d Virginia Infantry, September 17, 1862. Semmes' Brigade reached the Western suburbs of Sharpsburg at sunrise of the 17th and halted until nearly 9 a.m. when it advanced across the fields, in support of Stuart's Cavalry, north and west of Hauser's House. In the general advance of McLaws' Division it was . . . — Map (db m6180) HM | | Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 15th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry | | | (Front): 15th Reg. Mass. Vols. Here, September 17, 1862, the Fifteenth Reg. Mass. Volunteers, with the First Company Andrew Sharpshooters attached, 606 men of all ranks, commanded by Lieut. Col. John W. Kimball, Gorman's Brigade. Sedgwick's Division, Second Army Corps. met and engaged troops of the Brigades of Semmes, Early and Barksdale. Within twenty minutes 330 had fallen, 75 killed and 255 wounded, 43 dying of wounds. (Rear):
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Co. B -- Capt. Clark . . . — Map (db m7215) HM | | Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 37 — Second Army Corps Gorman's Brigade, Sedgwick's Division | | | U.S.A. Second Army Corps, Gorman's Brigade, Sedgwick's Division, Brig. Gen. Willis A. Gorman, Commanding. Organization. 15th Massachusetts Infantry, 1st Minnesota Infantry, 34th New York Infantry, 82d New York Infantry, Massachusetts Sharpshooters (1st Co.) Minnesota Sharpshooters (2d Co.) September 17, 1862. Gorman's Brigade led the advance of Sedgwick's Division in its assault upon the Confederate left. It passed through the East Woods, crossed the Cornfield and the open ground to the . . . — Map (db m7173) HM | | Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 38 — Second Army Corps Dana's Brigade, Sedgwick's Division | | | U.S.A. Second Army Corps Dana's Brigade, Sedgwick's Division Brig. Gen. N.J.T. Dana, Commanding. Organization. 19th Massachusetts Infantry, 20th Massachusetts Infantry, 7th Michigan Infantry, 42nd New York Infantry, 59th New York Infantry, September 17, 1862 Dana's Brigade, following Gorman's in column of attack, passed through the East Woods, crossed the Cornfield and the Hagerstown Pike, about 50 yards in rear of Gorman, and entered the West Woods where its advance was checked about 40 . . . — Map (db m7178) HM | | Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 39 — Second Army Corps Howard's Brigade, Sedgwick's Division | | | U.S.A. Second Army Corps. Howard's Brigade, Sedgwick's Division, Brig. Gen. O.O. Howard, Commanding, Organization. 69th Pennsylvania Infantry, 71st Pennsylvania Infantry, 72d Pennsylvania Infantry, 106th Pennsylvania Infantry. September 17, 1862. Howard's Brigade following Gorman and Dana in their attack, passed through the East Woods, crossed the Cornfield and the Hagerstown Pike and reached the edge of the West Woods, where its advance was checked about 90 yards east of this point. Its . . . — Map (db m7188) HM | | Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 326 — Ewell's Division, Jackson's Command | | | C.S.A. Ewell's Division, Jackson's Command. Brigadier General A.R. Lawton, Commanding. (September 15-16, 1862.) Ewell's Division left Harper's Ferry on the night of September 15th, crossed the Potomac at Blackford's Ford and reached Sharpsburg on the morning of the 16th, and, late in the day moved to position in support of Jackson's Division in the West Woods, Early's Brigade on the left with Hay's Brigade in support and Lawton's and Trimble's Brigades in the woods west and north west of . . . — Map (db m7203) HM | | Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — John Lemuel Stetson | | | Here fell in the foremost of the advance of Sumner's Second Corps John Lemuel Stetson * of * Plattsburgh, New York Lieut. Col. of the 59th New York 1862 - Volunteers - 1919 — Map (db m6272) HM | | Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 378 — Jackson's Command Early's Brigade, Ewell's Division | | | C.S.A. Jackson's Command. Early's Brigade, Ewell's Division. Brig. Gen. Jubal A. Early, Commanding. Organization. 13th 25th 31st 44th 49th 52d & 58th Virginia Infantry. September 16-17, 1862. No.1. On the night of the 16th, Early's Brigade bivouacked in the farm lane on the left of Jackson's Division and in the Dunkard Church woods, between this point and the church. At dawn of the 17th, the Brigade moved nearly a mile northwest to support Stuart's Cavalry Division and some batteries of . . . — Map (db m7204) HM | | Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 362 — Longstreet's Command Ransom's Brigade, Walker's Division | | | C.S.A. Longstreet's Command. Ransom's Brigade, Walker's Division. Brig. Gen. Robert Ransom, Jr., Commanding. Organization. 24th, 25th, 35th and 49th North Carolina Infantry. Branch's (Va.) Battery, Field Artillery. September 17, 1862. Ransom's Brigade reached Sharpsburg during the afternoon of September 16th and was held in reserve until daybreak of the 17th, when it took position on the extreme right observing Snavely's Ford. Between 8 and 9 a.m. it moved to the left and supported McLaws . . . — Map (db m7205) HM | | Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 375 — Jackson's Command Starke's Brigade, Jackson's Division | | | C.S.A. Jackson's Command, Starke's Brigade, Jackson's Division Brig. Gen. William E. Starke, Commanding. Organization. 1st, 2nd, 9th, 10th, and 15th Louisiana Infantry, Coppen's (Louisiana) Battalion. (September 16-17, 1862.) On the evening of September 16th, Starke's Brigade formed line perpendicular to this road, on the left of Taliaferro's. When the brigades of Jones and Winder were forced back, on the morning of the 17th, this brigade advanced with Taliaferro's and the rallied brigades, . . . — Map (db m6266) HM |
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