Markers and Monuments covering V Corps, V Corps Artillery, 1st and 2nd Divisions. Use the “First >>” button above to see these markers in sequence.| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 33 — Fifth Army Corps | | | U.S.A. Fifth Army Corps. Maj. Gen. Fitz John Porter, Commanding. September 15 and 16, 1862. The Fifth Army Corps constituted the reserve of the Army of the Potomac. Its advance, Sykes' Division, reached this point in the afternoon of Sept. 15. On the morning of Sept. 16, it formed in the fields to the south of the Boonsboro Pike in support of the Reserve Artillery which occupied the ridge in front of this point. Morell's Division arrived at Keeysville about noon on Sept. 16, and encamped . . . — Map (db m7146) | | Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 26 — Morell's Division, Fifth Army Corps | | | U.S.A. Morell's Division, Fifth Army Corps. Maj. Gen. George W. Morell, Commanding. September 17 and 18, 1862. Morell's Division relieved Richardson's Division of the Second Corps at about 8.30 a.m. Sept. 17. Two brigades of this division were withdrawn at about 2 p.m. of the 17th and sent to the assistance of General Sumner on the extreme right, but returned, without becoming engaged, after dark on the same day. On Sept. 18, Morell's Division relieved the Ninth Corps at the Burnside Bridge. — Map (db m7142) | | Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 19 — Humphreys' Division, Fifth Army Corps | | | U.S.A. Humphreys' Division, Fifth Army Corps Brig. Gen. Andrew A. Humphreys, Commanding. (September 14-18, 1862.) Humphreys' Division left Washington at daylight on September 14, and reached Frederick on the afternoon of September 15. During September 16 and 17 this division was stationed in front of Frederick, to protect that city. At 3:30 p.m. of September 17 it was ordered to march to the battlefield of Antietam and to reach there, if possible, at daylight. It marched at once and reached . . . — Map (db m7140) | | 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) | | 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) | | 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) | | Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — Company F, 1st United States Sharpshooters | | | Company F. First Regiment
United States Sharpshooters
First Sergt. Henry E. Kinsman ————
Enlisted 177
Killed and died of wounds 32
Died of disease 12
Wounded 45 Vermont — Map (db m7287) | | West Virginia (Jefferson County), Shepherdstown — B.F. 4 — Barnes' Brigade | | | Barnes’ Brigade Col. James Barnes, 18th Massachusetts Infantry, Commanding Organization 2d Maine, 18th and 22d Massachusetts, 1st Michigan, 13th and 25th New York, 118th Pennsylvania Infantry, 2d Company Massachusetts Sharpshooters (September 20, 1862) Barnes’ Brigade of Morell’s Division, Fifth Corps, crossed the Potomac at the Ford 420 yards south of this at 9 A. M., September 20, under orders to march on the River Road to Shepherdstown. When it became known that A. P. Hill’s . . . — Map (db m1960) | | West Virginia (Jefferson County), Shepherdstown — B.F. 5 — 118th Pennsylvania Infantry | | | 118th Pennsylvania Infantry (Corn Exchange Regiment) Colonel Charles M. Prevost, Commanding (September 20, 1862) The 118th Pennsylvania Infantry (737 officers and men) crossed the river by the Ford south of this and was ordered into position on the bluff running north from this point. The Regiment ascended the bluff and had not completely formed line—375 to 425 yards north of this and about 125 yards west of the river road—when it was attacked in front and on both flanks by A. . . . — Map (db m1961) |
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