Virtual tour of the Harpers Ferry Road by markers. Use the First >> button above to see these markers in sequence.| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — Packhorse Ford | | | A day after the Battle of Antietam, Confederate General Robert E. Lee retreated to the safety of the West Virginia (then Virginia) bluffs across the river from here. This was the only good crossing on the river for many miles upstream or downstream. Some of Lee's artillery units were already in place on the bluffs. Pursued by 700 soldiers from the 118th Pennsylvania Infantry, the Confederates reacted by opening fire. This was the Pennsylvania boys' first taste of battle; they soon discovered . . . — Map (db m6983) HM | | Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 372 — Artillery Battalion, A.P. Hill's Division | | | C.S.A. Artillery Battalion, A.P. Hill's Division, Major R.L. Walker, Commanding, (September 17, 1862.) Four batteries of this battalion were engaged. McIntosh's (South Carolina) Battery came on the field about 2:30 p.m. and went into position south of the Blackford House about 950 yards southwest of this. After firing a few rounds the battery moved to a position 400 yards north of this, 100 yards east of the road, and opened fire upon the Union artillery and infantry; the men were driven . . . — Map (db m6761) HM | | Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 320 — Munford's Brigade Stuart's Cavalry Division | | | C.S.A. Munford's Brigade, Stuart's Cavalry Division, Brig. Gen. Thomas T. Munford, Commanding. Organization 2nd Virginia Cavalry, 7th Virginia Cavalry, 12th Virginia Cavalry. (September 16-18, 1862.) The 2nd and 12th Virginia Cavalry reached the field on September 16th and took position on the extreme right of the Army of Northern Virginia, to cover the lower crossings of the Antietam. The 7th Virginia Cavalry took position, on the evening of the 16th on the Hagerstown Pike, northwest of . . . — Map (db m6765) HM | | Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 348 — Hill's Light Division, Jackson's Command | | | C.S.A. Hill's Light Division, Jackson's Command, Maj. Gen. Ambrose P. Hill, Commanding. September 17, 1862. A.P. Hill's Division left Harper's Ferry at 7:30 a.m., crossed the Potomac at Blackford's Ford and reached this point at 2:30 p.m. Pender's and Field's Brigades were detached to cover the approaches from the lower Antietam. Branch's, Gregg's and Archer's Brigades formed line along this road connecting with the right of D.R. Jones' Division. These brigades supported by Toombs, crossed . . . — Map (db m6764) HM | | Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 353 — Jackson's Command Branch's Brigade, Hill's Light Division | | | C.S.A. Branch's Brigade, Hill's Light Division, Brig. Gen. L. O'B. Branch. Organization. 7th North Carolina Infantry, 18th North Carolina Infantry, 28th North Carolina Infantry, 33d North Carolina Infantry, 37th North Carolina Infantry. September 17, 1862. Branch's Brigade formed line at this point about 3 p.m. and supported Archer's Brigade in its advance and encounter at the stone wall about 600 yards distance. Toward the close of the engagement General Branch was killed and the command . . . — Map (db m6763) HM | | Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 349 — Jackson's Command Field's Brigade, Hill's Light Division. | | | C.S.A. Field's Brigade, Hill's Light Division, Col. John M. Brockenbrough, 40th Virginia Infantry, Commanding. Organization. 40th Virginia Infantry, 47th Virginia Infantry, 55th Virginia Infantry, 22d Virginia Infantry. September 17, 1862. Field's Brigade left Harper's Ferry at 7:30 a.m. of September 17, reached this point about 3 p.m., and was put in position to guard the approaches to the field by Snavely's Ford and the lower Antietam. The brigade was not actively engaged, and recrossed . . . — Map (db m6762) 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 — 352 — Jackson's Command Archer's Brigade, Hill's Light Division | | | C.S.A. Jackson's Command. Archer's Brigade, Hill's Light Division. Brig. Gen. J.J. Archer. Organization. 19th Georgia Infantry, 7th Tennessee Infantry, 14th Tennessee Infantry, 1st Tennessee Infantry, (Provisional Army) September 17, 1862. Archer's Brigade formed line in the road at this point about 3 p.m. Supported on the right by the brigades of Branch and Gregg, and on the left by Toombs' Brigade of D.R. Jones' Division, it advanced through a narrow cornfield and across the broad ravine . . . — Map (db m6769) HM | | Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 345 — Longstreet's Command Toombs' Brigade, D.R. Jones' Division | | | C.S.A. Longstreet's Command. Toombs' Brigade, D.R. Jones' Division Brigadier General Robert Toombs, Commanding. Organization. 2d, 15th, 17th, and 20th Georgia Infantry. (September 15-17, 1862.) Toombs' Brigade took position on the evening of September 15, on the bluff commanding the Burnside Bridge and a ford a short distance below. His skirmishers and several batteries of artillery engaged the enemy during the afternoon of the 16th. On the morning of the 17th the brigade was exposed to a . . . — Map (db m6766) HM | | Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — K — Kemper's (Va) Brigade | | | C.S.A. From noon, September 15, 1862, until driven from position late in the afternoon of the 17th, the right of the infantry line of the Army of Northern Virginia, held by Kemper's Virginia Brigade, was 265 yards due east of this point. Toombs' Brigade was in advance to dispute the passage of the stone (Burnside) Bridge. — Map (db m6771) HM | | Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 9th New York Infantry Hawkins' Zouaves | | | (West Face): "Toujours Pret"
Erected by the State of New York to the memory of the Ninth New York Infantry - Hawkins Zouaves - who fought on this Field, Sept. 17, 1862.
(North Face): Members present for duty in action 373, killed 54, wounded 158, missing 28, total loss 240. Two Companies were detailed and engaged elsewhere and did not participate in the advance.
(East Face) The greatest mortality ocurred near this position, where the regiment contended with a . . . — Map (db m6778) HM | | Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — Brigadier General Isaac P. Rodman | | | Brigadier General Isaac P. Rodman U.S.A. Mortally Wounded about 365 yards south. — Map (db m6781) HM | | Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 8th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry | | | (Front Face): 8th Conn. Vol. Infantry 2d Brig. 3d Div. 9th Corps. (Back Face):
Advanced position 8th Conn. V.I. ——— No. Engaged - 400 Killed and Wounded - 194 — Map (db m6779) HM |
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