Virtual Tour by Markers of Artillery at Antietam Use the “First >>” button above to see these markers in sequence.| 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 — 1st Maryland Artillery (CSA) | | | Maryland 1st Md. Artillery. Ewell's Division. C.S.A. The battery under the command of Capt. Wm. F. Dement, occupied a position in the field in the rear of this marker. The monument to the Maryland troops is near the Dunkard Church. — Map (db m6875) HM | | Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — Battery A — 1st MD Light Artillery | | | Maryland Battery A 1st MD Light Artillery 1st Slocum's Division 6th Franklin's Corps The battery under the command of Capt. John W. Wolcott occupied a line 100 feet in rear of this marker and facing Dunkard Church. Loss 1 killed, 11 wounded. The monument to the Maryland troops is near the Dunkard Church. — Map (db m6035) HM | | Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — Battery B — 1st Md Light Artillery | | | Maryland Battery B. 1st Md. Light Artillery 2nd (Smiths) Division 6th (Franklins) Corps The battery under the command of Lieut. Theodore J. Vanneman. Occupied a position on the edge of the East Woods, 240 yards north from this marker the Monument to the Maryland troops is near the Dunkard Church — Map (db m5720) 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 | | Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 1st Battery Ohio Light Artillery | | | (Front Face): OHIO 1st Battery
Light Artillery Commanded by Capt. James R. McMullin Hugh Ewings (1st) Brig. Kanawha Division Ninth Army Corps Army of the Potomac (Rear Face): This battery occupied position about 250 yards due west of this. — Map (db m6799) HM | | Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — Durell’s Independent Battery | | | Durell's Independent Battery "D" Pennsylvania Artillery 2nd Brigade 2nd Division 9th Corps Posted 375 yards south 70 degrees east ——— Casualties at Antietam Wounded 3 Recruited in Berks and Bucks Counties ———— Battles Participated in Kelly's Ford - Jackson Bristoe Station - Wilderness Second Bull Run - Spotsylvania Chantilly - Petersburg South Mountain - The Crater Antietam - Ream's Station White Sulphur Spring - Poplar Spring Church . . . — Map (db m6664) HM | | Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 25 — First Army Corps — Artillery, Doubleday's Division | | | U.S.A. First Army Corps, Artillery, Doubleday's Division, Capt. J. Albert Monroe, 1st R.I. Light Artillery, Commanding. 1st New Hampshire Battery, Battery D, 1st Rhode Island Light Artillery, Battery L, New York Light Artillery, Battery B, United States Artillery. September 16, 1862. The artillery of Doubleday's Division went into position on the night of Sept. 16, 1862, on the high plateau about 22 yards east of this point. During the night the first New Hampshire Battery was advanced to . . . — Map (db m5839) HM | | Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 30 — Horse Batteries and Reserve Artillery | | | U.S.A. Horse Batteries and Reserve Artillery, Army of the Potomac. (September 17, 1862) Horse Batteries A, B and L (Consolidated) and M, 2nd U.S. Artillery, C and G (Consolidated) of the 3d U.S. Artillery, were established on the crown of the ridge to the right and left of this point on the morning of September 17. Shortly after noon, their ammunition having been exhausted, they were relieved by Batteries E and G (Consolidated), 1st U.S. Artillery, Battery K, 5th U.S. Artillery and . . . — Map (db m7060) HM | | Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 83 — U.S. Artillery | | | U.S.A. September 17-18, 1862. During and after Sedgwick's assault on the Confederates in the West Woods, a line of batteries was established, running from Mumma's Cemetery on the south, crossing the road at this point and extending northwardly in front of the East Woods to the Poffenberger Lane beyond which, on the hill beyond J. Poffenbergers, the Reserve Artillery of the First Army Corps was established. The line was held in turn by batteries of the First, Twelfth, Second and Sixth Army . . . — Map (db m5771) HM | | Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 92 — Battery A, 2d U.S. Artillery | | | U.S.A. Battery A, 2d U.S. Artillery. Captain John C. Tidball, U.S.A. Commanding. (September 17, 1862.) Horse Battery A, 2d U.S. Artillery, moved from its bivouac near Keedysville on the morning of the 17th, crossed the Antietam by the Middle Bridge and, preceded and supported by the 4th Pennsylvania Cavalry, went into position on the crest of this ridge about 160 yards north of this point and engaged the Confederate artillery on Cemetery Hill and the ridge north of it. At noon it was . . . — Map (db m7025) HM | | Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 93 — Battery M, 2d U.S. Artillery | | | U.S.A. Battery M, 2d U.S. Artillery. Lieut. Peter C. Hains, U.S.A. Commanding. (September 17, 1862.) Horse Battery M, 2d U.S. Artillery, crossed the Antietam by the Middle Bridge, in the forenoon of the 17th and, preceded by the 4th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Colonel Childs Commanding, and Battery A, 2d U.S. Artillery, advanced by the road to this point and went into position, on section on the right of the road, the other on the left. The battery was subjected to a heavy fire from the . . . — Map (db m7057) HM | | Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 94 — Batteries B and L, 2d U.S. Artillery | | | U.S.A. Batteries B and L, 2d U.S. Artillery. Captain Jas. M. Robertson, U.S.A., Commanding (September 17, 1862.) Horse Batteries B and L (Consolidated), 2nd U.S. Artillery, crossed the Antietam by the Middle Bridge, in the forenoon of September 17, and went into position on a knoll 80 yards south of this point and engaged the enemy. It was soon disabled by the fire of the Confederate Artillery from Cemetery Hill and withdrawn, its position being taken by Battery E, 1st U.S. Artillery. One . . . — Map (db m7055) HM | | Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 95 — Batteries C and G, 3d U.S. Artillery | | | U.S.A. Batteries C and G, 3d U.S. Artillery. Captain Horatio G. Gibson, U.S.A. Commanding. (September 17, 1862.) Horse Batteries C and G (Consolidated), 3d U.S. Artillery, crossed the Antietam in the forenoon of September 17, and went into position a short distance south of this point, on the left of Battery M, 2d U.S. Artillery, and the right of Batteries B and L (Consolidated), 2d U.S. Artillery. After an engagement of nearly two hours it was relieved by Battery E, 1st U.S. Artillery, and . . . — Map (db m7027) HM | | Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 96 — Battery E, 1st U.S. Artillery | | | U.S.A. Battery E, 1st U.S. Artillery. Lieut. Alanson M. Randol, U.S.A., Commanding. (September 17, 1862.) Early in the afternoon of the 17th, Battery E, 1st U.S. Artillery, crossed the Antietam by the Middle Bridge and relieved Robertson's Battery (B and L, 2nd U.S. Artillery) which was in position on a knoll about 80 yards south of this point. It opened a fire of Spherical case on the flank of one of the Confederate Batteries on Cemetery Hill compelling it, apparently, to retire beyond the . . . — Map (db m7026) HM | | Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 97 — Battery K, 5th U.S. Artillery | | | U.S.A. Battery K, 5th U.S. Artillery, Lieut. William E. Van Reed, U.S.A., Commanding. (September 17, 1862.) Battery K, 5th U.S. Artillery, crossed the Antietam, by the Middle Bridge and about 2 p.m., September 17, relieved Battery M, 2d U.S. Artillery, taking position on the ridge immediately north of this point. After the expenditure of 400 rounds of ammunition at 5 p.m., the battery was relieved in turn, by Battery M, 2d U.S. Artillery, soon after which it recrossed the Antietam. — Map (db m7059) HM | | Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 101 — Batteries A and C 4th U.S. Artillery | | | U.S.A. Batteries A and C 4th U.S. Artillery. Lieut. Evan Thomas, U.S.A., Commanding. (September 17, 1862.) Batteries A and C (consolidated), 4th U.S. Artillery (6 guns), relieved Battery I, 1st U.S. Artillery just north of this point and went into position, the left of the battery resting on this road, where it remained inactive until Greene's Division, Twelfth Corps was driven from the woods around the Dunkard Church, when the battery changed from to the left, opening fire with spherical . . . — Map (db m6032) HM | | Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 103 — Battery B, 4th U.S. Artillery | | | U.S.A. Battery B, 4th U.S. Artillery Capt. Joseph B. Campbell, U.S.A. Commanding. (September 17, 1862.) Early in the morning this battery advanced from its bivouac north of Jos. Poffenberger's, passing through the North Woods to the ploughed field immediately south of them. One section, under command of Lieut. James Stewart, was advanced to a position east of D.R. Miller's house and about 205 yards from this road, and shelled the woods around and north of the Dunkard Church. In a few . . . — Map (db m6105) HM | | Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 104 — Battery D, 2d U.S. Artillery | | | U.S.A. Battery D, 2nd U.S. Artillery. Lieut. Edward B. Williston, U.S.A., Commanding. (September 17, 1862.) Battery D, 2nd U.S. Artillery, moved from its bivouac near Crampton's Pass on the morning of the 17th and went into position south of the Smoketown Road, its center 55 yards from this point, its right gun about 12 yards. It opened fire at the Dunkard Church and the woods surrounding it to drive therefrom the Confederate sharpshooters. It was relieved by Battery A, Maryland Light . . . — Map (db m6034) HM | | Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 105 — Battery C, 5th U.S. Artillery | | | U.S.A. Battery C, 5th U.S. Artillery Captain Dunbar R. Ransom, U.S.A. Commanding, (September 16-17, 1862.) On the evening of September 16th, Battery C, 5th U.S. Artillery came into battery 370 yards east of the Hagerstown Pike, on the south edge of the North Woods and opened fire upon a Confederate battery in the open field west of the Pike and north of the Dunkard Church, causing it to retire. After dark the Battery was withdrawn and bivouacked 75 yards east of J. Poffenberger's Barn. On . . . — Map (db m6087) HM | | Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 106 — Battery E, 2nd U.S. Artillery | | | U.S.A. Battery E, 2nd U.S. Artillery. Lieut. Samuel E. Benjamin, U.S.A. Commanding. (September 16-17, 1862.) On the morning of September 16, Benjamin's Battery took position on the ridge bordering the Antietam, above the Burnside Bridge, engaged the Confederate batteries on and around Cemetery Hill and shelled the infantry north of Sharpsburg. In the afternoon the battery moved to the left (south) and rear, on the high ground about 1950 yards east of this point. Early in the morning of the . . . — Map (db m6722) HM | | Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 107 — Battery E, 4th U.S. Artillery | | | U.S.A. Battery E, 4th U.S. Artillery. Capt. Joseph C. Clark Jr., U.S.A. Commanding. (September 17, 1862.) At daybreak Battery E, 4th U.S. Artillery, was in bivouac in rear of the high ground east of the Burnside Bridge. Soon after daybreak it took position on the ridge overlooking the Antietam and the field of battle to the north and west, and about 685 yards a little east of north from the bridge, and opened fire upon the Confederate infantry north of Sharpsburg. When this fire ceased to . . . — Map (db m6718) HM | | Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 108 — Battery F, 5th U.S. Artillery | | | U.S.A. Battery F, 5th U.S. Artillery. Lieut. Leonard Martin, U.S.A., Commanding. (September 17, 1862.) Early in the morning of the 17th, Battery F, 5th U.S. Artillery, generally known as Ayers' Battery, moved with Smith's Division, Sixth Army Corps, from its bivouac in Pleasant Valley near Crampton's Pass, and, about 12, noon, went into position about 110 yards south of this point on the left of Battery D, 2nd U.S. Artillery, and engaged the Confederate Artillery in the woods around the . . . — Map (db m6030) HM | | Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 109 — Battery I, 1st U.S. Artillery | | | U.S.A. Battery I, 1st U.S. Artillery, Lieut. Geo. A. Woodruff, U.S.A. Commanding. (September 17, 1862.) Between 9 and 10 a.m., Battery I, 1st Artillery, advancing by the Smoketown Road, passed through the East Woods to the assistance of the infantry of Sedgwick's Division, then engaged in the West Woods. The battery went into position about 380 yards North 62° west of this point, opening fire, at once, with canister and checking the advance of the Confederates from the West Woods. A . . . — Map (db m6031) HM | | Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 111 — Battery G, 4th U.S. Artillery | | | U.S.A. Battery G, 4th U.S. Artillery Lieut. Marcus P. Miller, U.S.A. Commanding (September 17, 1862.) Battery G, 4th U.S. Artillery, belonged to the Artillery Reserve, which was attached to the Fifth Army Corps. On the morning of the 17th, the battery was in the field just east of Porterstown. About 3 p.m., under orders of Brigadier General Geo. Sykes, it reported to Major General Burnside and was put in position on the high ground east of the Rohrbach Lane, from which it overlooked and . . . — Map (db m6757) HM | | Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 112 — Battery A, 5th U.S. Artillery | | | U.S.A. Battery A, 5th U.S. Artillery. Lieut. Chas. P. Muhlenburg, U.S.A. Commanding. (September 17, 1862.) On the morning of the 17th, Battery A was in position on the crest of the hill east of the Rohrbach Lane, east of and overlooking the Stone Bridge over the Antietam. In the afternoon the battery crossed the bridge and went into position on the ridge 730 yards a little south of east of this point and engaged the Confederate artillery and infantry. Later in the day the battery moved . . . — Map (db m6758) HM | | Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 305 — Reserve Artillery, Longstreet's Command | | | C.S.A. Reserve Artillery, Longstreet's Command, Col. Stephen D. Lee, C.S.A., Commanding. Organization. Ashland Artillery Va., Bedford Artillery Va., Brooks Artillery S.C., Madison Light Artillery La., Eubank's Battery Va., Parker's Battery Va. September 15-16, 1862. The Reserve Artillery crossed the Antietam about 8 a.m. of the 15th and took position on the high ground overlooking the creek to the east and south of Sharpsburg. Eubank's Battery was posted on the bluff commanding the Burnside . . . — Map (db m7241) HM | | Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 306 — Reserve Artillery, Longstreet's Command | | | C.S.A. Reserve Artillery, Longstreet's Command, Colonel Stephen D. Lee, C.S.A., Commanding. Organization. Ashland (Va.) Artillery, Madison (La.) Artillery, Bedford (Va.) Artillery, Eubanks' (Va.) Artillery, Brooks (S.C.) Artillery, Parker's (Va.) Battery. (September 17, 1862.) At daybreak of the 17th the Ashland Artillery, the Bedford Artillery, the Brooks Artillery and Parker's Battery, went into position on the ridge east of the Dunkard Church. At about 7 a.m., the Brooks Artillery was . . . — Map (db m6343) HM | | Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 307 — Washington Artillery, Longstreet's Command | | | C.S.A. Washington Artillery, Longstreet's Command, Col J. B. Walton, Commanding. Organization. 1st Company, Washington Artillery, La. 2nd Company, Washington Artillery, La. 3rd Company, Washington Artillery, La. 4th Company, Washington Artillery, La. September 15-16, 1862. The Washington Artillery crossed the Antietam about 9 a.m. of the 15th and took position on the high ground overlooking the creek to the east and south of Sharpsburg. The left wing, compoosed of the 1st and 3rd Companies, . . . — Map (db m7232) HM | | Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 308 — Washington Artillery, Longstreet's Command | | | C.S.A. Washington Artillery, Longstreet's Command, Col. J. B. Walton Commanding. (September 17, 1862.) During the forenoon the Washington Artillery was engaged with the enemy's heavy batteries on the opposite side of Antietam Creek. At 9:15, the 3d Company, Miller, was sent to Piper's Orchard and engaged the enemy in the Bloody Lane. At noon the 4th Company, Eshelman, was moved farther to the right to guard the fords below the Burnside Bridge. At 1 p.m., the 2d Company, Richardson, having a . . . — Map (db m7233) HM | | Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 311 — Longstreet's Command — Reserve Artillery, Hood's Division | | | C.S.A. Longstreet's Command. Reserve Artillery, Hood's Division, Major B.W. Frobel, C.S.A., Commanding. Organization. German (South Carolina) Artillery, Palmetto (South Carolina) Artillery, Rowan (North Carolina) Artillery. September 15-17, 1862. The Reserve Artillery of Hood's Division reached Sharpsburg at noon of Sept. 15. It was posted on the right of the Boonsboro' Pike and became engaged with the enemy during the afternoon of the 16th. At about 2 p.m. on the 17th, it went into . . . — Map (db m7243) HM | | Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 316 — Jones' Battalion, Reserve Artillery | | | C.S.A. Jones' Battalion, Reserve Artillery, Major H.P. Jones, Commanding. Organization. Morris (Virginia) Artillery, Orange (Virginia) Artillery, Turner's (Virginia) Battery, Wimbish's (Virginia) Battery, (September 17, 1862.) Jones' artillery battalion occupied the ridge north of this point and was actively engaged early in the day, but was soon withdrawn to the lower ground between the ridge and the Hagerstown Pike. In the afternoon the battalion reoccupied the ridge and engaged the Union . . . — Map (db m7279) HM | | Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 355 — Reserve Artillery — Army of Northern Virginia | | | C.S.A. Reserve Artillery, Army of Northern Virginia, Brig. Gen. William N. Pendleton, Commanding. September 16-18, 1862. A portion of the Reserve Artillery took part in the battle of September 16-17; The rest was posted at the fords, in the vicinity of Williamsport and Shepherdstown, to command the crossings of the Potomac River. On the 16th the artillery was posted on the high ground either side of the Boonsboro' Pike, east of Sharpsburg, from which it engaged the long-range artillery of . . . — Map (db m7231) HM | | Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 377 — Wise (Virginia) Artillery | | | C.S.A. Wise (Virginia) Artillery. Capt. J.S. Brown, Commanding. The Wise Artillery was the only one of the four batteries attached to D.R. Jones' Division which was present on the field. During the greater part of the engagement it occupied the high ground about 340 yards nearly due west of this point. — Map (db m6606) HM | | Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — “I Hate Cannons” | | | Confederate Colonel Stephen D. Lee positioned his batteries to repel Union attacks toward the Dunker Church. The attacks came and the guns fired solid shot and explosive shells and canister - tin cans filled with small lead or iron balls that transformed the cannon into a terrible shotgun. A South Carolina surgeon, Captain J.R. Boulware, spoke for soldiers of both armies at Antietam: "I was never so tired of shelling in my life before. I hate cannons." Alexander Gardner, an assistant . . . — Map (db m6368) HM | | Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — A Converging Storm of Iron | | | Confederate Col. Stephen D. Lee placed his battalion of nineteen cannons here. Throughout the morning, Union infantry and artillery aimed their attacks towards this high ground and the Dunker Church. Twenty-five percent of his men were killed or wounded and sixty of his horses were killed. Later, when he remembered that terrible morning Lee wrote, "A converging storm of iron slammed into the batteries from front and flank. Wheels were smashed, men knocked down, horses sent screaming, to stay . . . — Map (db m20575) HM | | Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — “Load” “Commence Firing” | | | Civil War canoneers of both armies learned from the Artillery Drill manual: "To the Field Artillery belongs the service of the batteries which manoeuver with the troops on the field of battle. It is divided into two parts. Horse Artillery, which is generally attached to and manoeuvers with cavalry, the cannoneers being mounted on horseback; and Mounted Artillery, which is generally attached to and manoeuvers with infantry, the cannoneers marching at the sides of their pieces or, when . . . — Map (db m6350) HM | | Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — A Savage Continual Thunder | | | At Antietam, the open and rolling terrain benefited the artillerymen of both armies. By placing their cannon on high ground, Blue and Gray alike were able to effectively strike enemy troop positions at great distances. Over 500 cannon thundered across the landscape for over twelve hours. The Artillery was a separate, specialized branch of the army that supported the infantry. The basic organizational unit for artillery was called a battery. It consisted of four to six cannons with . . . — Map (db m20591) 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 |
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