Rodman Avenue Virtual Tour by Markers set. Use the First >> button above to see these markers in sequence.| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 79 — Fifth Army Corps First Battalion, Fourteenth U.S. Infantry | | | U.S.A. Fifth Army Corps First Battalion (8 Cos), Fourteenth U.S. Infantry Captain W. Harvey Brown, 14th U.S. Infantry, Commanding. September 17, 1862. At 3 p.m. of the 17th, the First Battalion, Fourteenth U.S. Infantry crossed the Antietam at the middle bridge and advanced on the Boonsboro Pike; until it reached the point where the Bloody Lane enters the Pike, (200 yards east of this), where the battalion was posted on the left (south) of the Pike as a reserve to the 4th U.S. Infantry. At . . . — Map (db m6484) HM | | Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 77 — Fifth Army Corps Second and Tenth U.S. Infantry | | | U.S.A. Fifth Army Corps. Second (9 Cos.) and Tenth (3 Cos.) U.S. Infantry, Lieut. John S. Poland, 2nd U.S. Infantry, Commanding. September 17, 1862. About noon of the 17th, the Battalion of the Second and Tenth U.S. Infantry crossed the Antietam and moved to the support of the horse batteries on the left (south) side of the Boonsboro Pike. After the withdrawal of these batteries, Poland deployed the entire battalion as skirmishers and under a heavy fire of canister and musketry, advanced to . . . — Map (db m6487) HM | | Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 364 — Longstreet's Command Garnett's Brigade, Jones' Division | | | C.S.A. Longstreet's Command. Garnett's Brigade, Jones' Division, Brig. Gen. Richard B. Garnett, Commanding. Organization. 8th Virginia Infantry, 19th Virginia Infantry, 18th Virginia Infantry, 28th Virginia Infantry, 56th Virginia Infantry. September 15-17, 1862. Garnett's Brigade reached Sharpsburg at 11 a.m. September 15th, and took position on the southwest slope of Cemetery Hill where it remained until the morning of the 17th, when it relieved Geo. T. Anderson's Brigade in support of . . . — Map (db m6505) HM | | Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 50th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry | | | 1st Brigade 1st Division 9th Corps Colonel Benjamin C. Christ ————— Casualties at Antietam Killed 8 Wounded 46 Missing 3 Total 57 Recruited in Berks Schuylkill Bradford Susquehanna Lancaster and Luzerne Counties ————— Battles participated in Coosaw - Spotsylvania Pocotaligo - Ny River Second Bull Run - North Anna Chantilly - Bethesda Church South Mountain - Cold Harbor Antietam - Petersburg Fredericksburg - The Crater Vicksburg - . . . — Map (db m6495) HM | | Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 63 — Ninth Army Corps Christ's Brigade, Willcox's Division | | | U.S.A. Ninth Army Corps, Christ's Brigade, Willcox's Division Col. B.C. Christ, 50th Pennsylvania Infantry, Commanding. Organization. 50th Pennsylvania Infantry, 79th New York Infantry, 28th Massachusetts Infantry, 17th Michigan Infantry. September 17, 1862. On the morning of the 17th Christ's Brigade was in reserve on the eastern slope of the ridge on the left flank of the Antietam, nearly opposite the Burnside Bridge. About 2 p.m. after Sturgis' Division had carried the bridge, the . . . — Map (db m6498) HM | | Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 356 — Longstreet's Command Jenkins' Brigade, Jones' Division | | | C.S.A. Longstreet's Command. Jenkin's Brigade, Jones' Division. Col. Joseph Walker, Palmetto (S.C.) Sharpshooters, Commanding. Organization. 1st South Carolina Infantry, 6th South Carolina Infantry 2d South Carolina Rifles, 4th South Carolina Battalion 5th South Carolina Infantry, Palmetto (S.C.) Sharpshooters September 15-17, 1862. Jenkin's Brigade reached Sharpsburg at 11 a.m. September 15th and took position on the high ground West of the cemetery. Late in the evening it moved to the . . . — Map (db m6506) HM | | Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 62 — Willcox's Division, Ninth Army Corps | | | U.S.A. Willcox's Division, Ninth Army Corps. Brig. Gen. Orlando B. Willcox, Commanding. September 16-17, 1862. On the night of September 16th Willcox's Division was held in reserve behind the ridge on the east bank of the Antietam, about one mile from the Burnside Bridge. On the afternoon of the 17th the division crossed the bridge and, relieving Sturgis' Division, formed the right of the line with Crook's Brigade in support. In the general advance of the Ninth Corps on Sharpsburg, the . . . — Map (db m6507) HM | | Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 64 — Ninth Army Corps Welsh's Brigade, Willcox's Division | | | U.S.A. Ninth Army Corps. Welsh's Brigade, Willcox's Division. Col. Thomas Welsh, 45th Pennsylvania Infantry, Commanding. Organization. 8th Michigan Infantry, 46th New York Infantry, 45th and 100th Pennsylvania Infantry. September 17, 1862. On the morning of the 17th Welsh's Brigade was in reserve on the eastern slope of the ridge on the left bank of the Antietam, nearly opposite the Burnside Bridge. About 2 p.m., after Sturgis' Division had carried the bridge, the brigade crossed and, . . . — Map (db m6508) HM |
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