| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — "A House Was Burning" |
| | Union soldiers described the fighting at the Mumma farm: "I do not see how any of us got out alive. The shot and shell fell about us thick and fast, I can tell you, but I did not think much about getting shot after the first volley." "Just in front of us a house was burning, and the fire and smoke, flashing of muskets and whizzing of bullets, yells of men, etc., were perfectly horrible." The burning house was the Mumma farmhouse. Fearful that Union sharpshooters would use the farm . . . — Map (db m6184) |
| 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) |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — "Destroy the Rebel Army" |
| | Before the Battle of Antietam, President Abraham Lincol sent a telegram to General George B. McClellan, commanding the Union Army of the Potomac: GOD BLESS YOU AND ALL WITH YOU DESTROY THE REBEL ARMY IF POSSIBLE McClellan, with an army nearly twice the size of Lee's, thought that he was outnumbered: "One battle lost, and almost all would have been lost. Lee's army might then have marched as it pleased on Washington, Baltimore, Philadelphia, or New York." Lee knew that he . . . — Map (db m6293) |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — "Every Stalk of Corn" |
| | Americans fought back and forth across the Cornfield for three hours. Those three hours may encompass the most concentrated fury in American history. The Union First Corps and Twelfth Corps were fought out. On the Confederate side, Jackson's corps and Hood's Division were wrecked. The battle moved on. Union General Hooker described what was left: "Every stalk of corn in the northern and greater part of the field was cut as closely as could have been done with a knife, and the slain lay in . . . — Map (db m5813) |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — "God has indeed remembered us" |
| | At a farmhouse and barn not far from here, Clara Barton labored without sleep for three days, comforting the wounded of the Battle of Antietam with water, food, and medical supplies. Clara Barton, founder of the American Red Cross, began her lifetime of mercy work at the onset of the Civil War. She spent the war's first year gathering medical supplies from Union citizens. Hearing gruesome reports from the front, she pleaded with the Army to permit her to bring these supplies to the battlefield . . . — Map (db m5902) |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — "Point Blank Range" |
| | Five hundred Georgia and a few South Carolina riflemen kept the entire Union Ninth Corps on the far side of Antietam Creek for three hours. A Union general described what Northern soldiers were up against: "From the crest to bridge the slope was cleared field, commanded at point blank range by the opposite banks. As the regiment charged across, it was subjected to a close, continued and deadly fire." The Georgians' rifle pits can still be seen just below this spot. By 1 p.m. Union . . . — Map (db m6802) |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — "The Battle Opened" |
| | Dawn was at 5:43 a.m. By 6 a.m. Southern defenders could see the Union's First Corps: "In apparent double battle lines, the Federals were moving toward us at charge bayonets, common time, and the sunbeams falling on their well polished guns and bayonets gave a glamor and show at once fearful and entrancing." Union General Joseph Hooker also saw bayonets in the morning sun: "We had not proceeded far before I discovered that a heavy force of the enemy had taken possession of a . . . — Map (db m5903) |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — "The End of the Confederacy Was In Sight" |
| | Major General Edwin Sumner commanded the Second Corps, largest corps in the Union Army of the Potomac - but he never could get his three divisions together. His lead division was broken in the West Woods. Brigadier General William French's division smashed itself on the Confederate line in the Sunken Road. Finally Major General Israel Richardson's division came up beside French's and gained a position from which they could fire down the length of the Sunken Road. Then, as a Southerner . . . — Map (db m5496) |
| 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) |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — "These Men Are Going to Stay Here" |
| | Before the fighting started here, General Robert E. Lee rode up to encourage his men. Colonel John B. Gordon responded loud enough for all to hear: "These men are going to stay here, General, till the sun goes down or victory is won!" Years later he wrote: "Alas! Many of the brave fellows are there now." "In this road there lay so many dead rebels that they formed a line which one might have walked upon as far as I could see. They lay just as they had been killed apparently, . . . — Map (db m5495) |
| 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) |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — "Why Burnside's Bridge?" |
| | Ever since the battle the Lower Bridge has been Burnside Bridge. Confederate Colonel Douglas was a native of Sharpsburg, and familiar with Antietam Creek. After the war he wrote: "Go look at it and tell me if you don't think Burnside and his corps might have executed a hop, skip, and jump and landed on the other side. One thing is certain, they might have waded it that day without getting their waist belts wet in any place. Why Burnside's Bridge? Is it sarcasm?" The 51st New York and . . . — Map (db m6449) |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — "Will You Give Us Our Wiskey?" |
| | Union Major General Ambrose Burnside's Ninth Corps was ready at 7 a.m. The order to attack came at 9 a.m. 1. One division spent the morning looking for the ford downstream. 2. At the bridge the 11th Connecticut Regiment made the first attack. They were pinned down at the creek bank. 3. Three Ohio regiments got lost in the woods and came out 300 yards too far upstream. 4. The 2nd Maryland, supported by the 6th New Hampshire, charged the bridge and sustained 44 percent casualties in 10 . . . — Map (db m6459) |
| 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) |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — "You Are Firing Into Our Own Men" |
| | Union Major General Joseph Mansfield led his Twelfth Corps into the East Woods. He had commanded the corps only two days. Mansfield saw soldiers from the 10th Maine Regiment firing into the woods: "Stop, you are firing into our own men!" Sergeant E. J. Libby remembered what happened next: "Thomas Wait and myself told him we were not firing at our own men for those that were firing at us from behind the trees had been firing at us from the first." Mansfield looked again: "Yes, . . . — Map (db m5812) |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — “A Thrilling Spectacle” |
| | Second Corps, with 15,000 soldiers was the largest corps in the Union Army of the Potomac. Its lead division went into the West Woods alone. The other two divisions strayed to the south and passed in front of this point, marching from left to right. Confederate Colonel John B. Gordon watched them: "The men in blue formed in my front, an assaulting column four lines deep. The front line came to a 'charge bayonets,' the other lines to a 'right shoulder shift.' The brave Union commander, . . . — Map (db m6212) |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — “Forever Free” |
| | The battle was over, but the two armies still faced one another. The Union army was still twice as strong. General Robert E. Lee, CSA "If McClellan wants to fight in the monring, I will give him battle again." Lee stayed at Antietam on more day. Then he went back across the Potomac to Virginia. Lee rebuilt his army and carried on the war for two and a half more years. Major General George B. McClellan, U.S.A. "After a night of anxious deliberation, and a full and careful survey of . . . — Map (db m6519) |
| 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) |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — “It Is A.P. Hill” |
| | Outnumbered Southerners watched the Northern Ninth Corps climb the hills toward them: "The first thing we saw was the gilt eagle that surmounted the pole, then the top of the flag, next the flutter of the stars and stripes itself, slowly mounting, up it rose, then their hats came in sight, still rising the faces emerged, next a range of curious eyes appeared, then such a hurrah as only the Yankee troops could give broke the stillness and they surged against us." "Hastily emptying our . . . — Map (db m6520) |
| 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) |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 100th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry |
| | 2nd Brigade 1st Division 9th Corps Location 495 yards north 79 degrees west —————— Casualties at Antietam Wounded 7 Missing 1 Total 8 Recruited in Lawrence Washington Butler Beaver Mercer and Westmoreland Counties ————— Battles Participated in Coosaw - Secessionville Legareville - Second Bull Run Chantilly South Mountain Antietam - Wilderness Fredericksburg - Spotsylvania Vicksburg - North Anna Jackson - Cold Harbor . . . — Map (db m6513) |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 104th New York Infantry |
| | (Wadsworth Guards) ————— 1st Brigade (Duryee's) 2nd Division (Rickett's) First Corps (Hooker's) Fought in the 'Cornfield,' near this spot, September 17, 1862 in the memorable morning engagement between Hooker and Stonewall Jackson ———— Killed and died of wounds 18 Wounded - - - - - 50 Unreported - - - - 14 Erected by the State of New York — Map (db m5691) |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 11th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry |
| | (Around the edge of the Monument): 11th Conn. V.I. 2nd Brigade 3rd Division 9th Corps (Rear of Monument):
Col. W. Kingsbury
Capt. J.D. Griswold, Co. A
Christian Steinmetz, Co. C
William Halbeass, Co. C
1st Sergt. J.R. Read, Co. D
Corp. G.R. Crane, Co. D
Edward Demming, Co. D
Lewis Dayton, Co. D
Alvin Flint, Co. D Jr.
Henry Rising, Co. D
1st Sergt. Hiram C. Roberts, Co. E
Corp. Theodore S. Bates, Co. E
Benjamin J. Beach, Co. E
William F. . . . — Map (db m6416) |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 11th Ohio Volunteer Infantry |
| | (Front Inscription): OHIO 11th Infantry Commanded by Lieut. Col. Augustus H. Coleman (Killed) Maj. Lyman Jackson Crook's (2nd) Brigade Kanawha Division Ninth Army Corps Army of the Potomac (Rear Inscription):
This Regiment advanced in skirmish line toward the bridge over the Antietam Creek, participated in the charge which drove the enemy from the creek and advanced to this point which it held until the close of the day. Its loss was 1 officer and 3 men killed; 1 officer . . . — Map (db m6785) |
| 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) |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 125th Penna |
| | While forming the extreme left front as Sedgewick's Division was being shot down in the West Woods, the 125th Penna. Inf. Rgt. was at times only 50 yards from Confederate Infantry. Of the Regiment's 54 killed and 91 wounded, most were lost here in the field in front of you. 9 to 9:20 a.m. — Map (db m6903) |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 125th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry |
| | (Below Statue): Color Sergeant George A. Simpson Killed at Antietam (Front Plaque): 125th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry 1st Brigade 1st Division 12th Corps ———— Recruited in Blair Huntingdon and Cambria Counties, Penna. (Left Plaque): Moved at early dawn from bivouac on farm of George Line to East Woods near point where Gen. J.K.F. Mansfield was mortally wounded, from there to support Monroe's First Rhode Island Battery on Smoketown Road, then . . . — Map (db m6897) |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 128th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry |
| | 1st Brigade 1st Division 12th Corps Location 315 feet north ———— Casualties at Antietam Killed 26 Wounded 86 Missing 6 Total 118 Recruited in Berks Lehigh and Bucks Counties ———— Battles participated in Antietam Chancellorsville — Map (db m5692) |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — I — 12th Corps Movement |
| | U.S.A. Through the fields west of this road the Twelfth Army Corps moved to the front between 6 a.m. and 7 a.m. on September 17, 1862, Williams' Division in advance, Greene's Division following. — Map (db m7190) |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 12th Ohio Volunteer Infantry |
| | (Front Inscription):OHIO 12th Infantry Commanded by Col. Carr B. White Hugh Ewings (1st) Brigade Kanawha Division Ninth Army Corps Army of the Potomac (Rear Inscription):
This Regiment advanced to this place on the afternoon of September 17, 1862. It moved from extreme left of Union line of battle exposed to a severe flank fire and held their position the remainder of the day. Its loss was 17 men killed and 25 men wounded, total 33. — Map (db m7116) |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 12th Pennsylvania Cavalry |
| | 113th of the Line 4th Brigade Cavalry Division Recruited in Philadelphia Battles Participated in Second Manassas - Fisher's Hill - Clarksburg Sugar Loaf Mountain - Monocacy - Charlestown South Mountain - Frederick - Maryland Heights Antietam - Newtown - Hamilton Moorefield - Winchester 1-2-3 - Bunker Hill Woodstock - Cedar Creek - Smithfield Sleepy Creek - Bolivar Heights Cunningham Cross Roads Solomon's Gap - Crampton's Pass - Hamilton Pleasant Valley - Kernstown - Halltown Edenberg - . . . — Map (db m5969) |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 130th Pennslyvania Volunteer Infantry |
| | (Front): 130 Pennsylvania
Vounteer Infantry 2 Brigade 3 Division 2 Corps (Rear): This memorial marks the regiment's right of line in battle. Its left extended to Roulette's Lane below. It went into battle by way of the Roulette Farm buildings about 9:30 a.m. and, driving back the enemy, maintained its position at and immediately northeast of this point on the high ground overlooking bloody lane, until 1:30 o'clock p.m., when withdrawn to replenish its exhausted ammunition and . . . — Map (db m6916) |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 132nd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry |
| | (Front): Antietam 132nd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry 1 Brigade 3 Division 2 Corps September 17, 1862 (Back): Casualties at Antietam Killed 30 Wounded 114 Missing 3 Total 152 Battles Participated in Antietam MD. Sept. 17, 1862 Fredericksburg VA. Dec. 13, 1862 Chancellorsvile VA. Apr. 30. May 3, 1863 Recruited in Montour Wyoming Bradford Columbia Carbon and Luzerne Counties — Map (db m5499) |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 137th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry |
| | 1st Brigade 2nd Division 6th Corps Location of regiment in action 415 yards north of monument ———— Battles participated in South Mountain (Crampton's Pass) MD. Antietam MD. Fitzhugh's Crossing VA. Chancellorsville VA. ———— Recruited in Blair Butler Clinton Crawford Schuylkill and Wayne Counties — Map (db m5693) |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 13th New Jersey Infantry |
| | September 17, 1862 ————————— First position under artillery fire, about 150 yards north of this point at 10 a.m. advanced to the Hagerstown Road and became closely engaged. — Map (db m5789) |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 13th New Jersey Infantry |
| | September 17, 1862 —————— Center of regiment at 10.20 a.m. facing west. Part of the right wing was across the road. — Map (db m6060) |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 13th New Jersey Infantry |
| | September 17, 1862 ————————— Engaged in this position, facing west, from 11.20 a.m. to about 12 noon. — Map (db m6061) |
| 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):
Killed
Co. B -- Capt. Clark . . . — Map (db m7215) |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 16th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry |
| | (Front) Position of the 16th. Conn.
Vol. Infantry 5 P.M. - Sept. 17, 1862 (Left)
Number engaged - 779 Casualties Killed 43 Wounded 161 Total 204 (Rear) 16th Connecticut Vol. Infantry 2nd Brigade 3rd Division 9th Army Corps (Right)
Erected by the State of Connecticut 1894 — Map (db m7113) |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 1862 Antietam Campaign — Lee Invades Maryland |
| | Fresh from victory at the Second Battle of Manassas, Gen. Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia crossed the Potomac River on September 4-6, 1862, to bring the Civil War to Northern soil and to recruit sympathetic Marylanders. Union Gen. George B. McClellan’s Army of the Potomac pursued Lee, who had detached Gen. Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson’s force to capture the Union garrison at Harpers Ferry. After the Federals pushed the remaining Confederates out of the South Mountain . . . — Map (db m1967) |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 1862 Antietam Campaign — Lee Invades Maryland |
| | Fresh from victory at the Second Battle of Manassas, Gen. Robert E. Lee’s Army of Northern Virginia crossed the Potomac River on September 4-6, 1862, to bring the Civil War to Northern soil and to recruit sympathetic Marylanders. Union Gen. George B. McClellan’s Army of the Potomac pursued Lee, who had detached Gen. Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson’s force to capture the Union garrison at Harpers Ferry. After the Federals pushed the remaining Confederates out of the South Mountain . . . — Map (db m1970) |
| 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) |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — D — 1st Corps, 3rd Division, 2nd Brigade Bivouac |
| | U.S.A. On the night of September 16, 1862, three regiments of Magilton's Brigade, Meade's Division bivouacked in the North Woods, a few feet south of this point in support <to> Seymour's skirmishers; one regiment was in second line, in the open ground north of this road. — Map (db m5905) |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 1st Delaware |
| | Delaware 1st Delaware Volunteers Colonel John W. Andrews 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, II Corps on the morning of Sept. 17, 1862 this regiment crossed Antietam Creek forming right of first line of French's Division. Advanced with heavy skirmishing through Roulette Farm and became fiercely engaged immediately in front of Sunken Road. Withdrew to stronger position 100 yards north of here. 8 of the 10 company commanders and entire color-guard killed or wounded Losses Officers Men Killed 3 26 . . . — Map (db m5485) |
| 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) |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 20th New York Volunteer Infantry |
| | (Front): 20th Regiment. N.Y. Vols. Turner Rifles. 3d Brig. 2d Div. 6th Corps. ——— 1861-1863. (Right):
Zum Andenken an unsere Geffallen Rameraden errichtet bon den Geberlebenden des Regts (Left): Erected in Memory of our Fallen Comrades by the Survivors of the Regt. (Rear): Dedicated September 17th. 1887. — Map (db m7283) |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 21st Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry |
| | (Front Face): 21st Mass. Vol. Inf'y 2nd Brig. 2nd Div. 9th A.C. Erected by 21st Regt. Mass. Vol. Association (Rear Face): The following Comrades were killed near this bridge: 2nd Lieut. Henry C. Holbrook Co. "D"
Priv. Wm. B. Boynton Co. "D"
Priv. Amos S. Eastman Co. "E"
Corp. Henry K. Buss Co. "E"
Priv. Geo. T. Bigelow Co. "G"
Corp. Jas. S. Stratton Co. "G"
Priv. Daniel Daley Co. "I"
Priv. Chas. Leonard Co. "E"
1st Sergt. Geo. W. Davis Co. "E"
Priv. Chas. S. . . . — Map (db m6453) |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 23rd Ohio Infantry |
| | (Front Inscription): OHIO
23d Infantry
Commanded by
Major James M. Comly
Hugh Ewing's (1st) Brigade
Kanawha Division
Ninth Army Corps
Army of the Potomac (Rear Inscription):
This Regiment with its Brigade crossed the Ford of Antietam Creek in the afternoon of Sept. 17, 1862, and held this position until the close of the battle. Its loss was 8 men killed, 1 officer and 58 men wounded, 2 men missing, total 69. Two of its members afterwards became President of . . . — Map (db m6669) |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 27th Indiana Infantry |
| | 3d Brigade, 1st Division, 12th Army Corps Colonel Silas Colgrove Commanding, was engaged with the enemy 400 yards north of this marker, September 17th 1862. Number engaged 440. Killed and Wounded 209. — Map (db m5697) |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 28th Ohio Volunteer Infantry |
| | (Front of Monument): OHIO 28th Infantry Commanded by Lieut. Col. Gottsfried Becker Crooks (2d) Brigade Kanawha Division Ninth Army Corps
Army of the Potomac (Rear of Monument): This Regiment was conducted by Gen. Crook on a reconnaissance above the Bridge over Antietam Creek on the morning of Sept. 17, 1862, and 5 companies succeeded in crossing the Creek before the capture of the bridge; it then formed part of the forces that charged and drove the enemy from the creek. . . . — Map (db m6572) |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 2nd Delaware |
| | Delaware 2nd Delaware Volunteers Capt. David L. Stricker 3rd Brigade, 1st Division, II Corps This regiment of Richardson's reserve brigade crossed Antietam Creek, advanced with division and came under heavy artillery fire while holding position immediately beyond crest of this ridge. It moved to right and helped repulse counterattack in gap between French and Richardson's divisions. In final assault on Bloody Lane, the regiment crossed here and took possession of Piper farm buildings until . . . — Map (db m5542) |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 2nd Maryland Infantry |
| | Maryland 2nd Md Infantry At 9:30 a.m. advanced on the stone bridge, defended by Toombs' Brigade and two batt- eries on high ground beyond. Charged to within 100 yards of the bridge when, checked by the severity of the enemy's fire it took shelter along the bank of the stream and was engaged until 1:30 p.m. the bridge being carr- ied it crossed to the hills and the battle beyond. Engaged 187. men loos 18 killed. 48 woun- ded. 3 missing. — Map (db m6463) |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 30th Ohio Volunteer Infantry |
| | (Front Inscription): Ohio 30th Infantry
Commanded by Lieut. Col. Theodore Jones (captured) Major George H. Hildt Hugh Ewing's (1st) Brigade Kanawha Division Ninth Army Corps
Army of the Potomac (Rear Inscription): This Regiment was engaged here about 5 o'clock P.M. September 17, 1862. Its loss was 3 officers and 10 men killed, including both color bearers; 1 officer and 48 men wounded; 2 officers and 15 men taken prisoners; total 80. — Map (db m6685) |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 34th New York Infantry |
| | (Front Side): Thirty-Fourth Regiment N.Y.S.V Col. James A. Suiter
Commanding Enlisted under President Lincoln's call, issued April 15, 1861, for 75,000 men, to serve two years. Mustered into the State service May 1, 1861 Mustered into the United States service June 15, 1861 Mustered out June 30, 1863 ———— First Brigade - Second Division Second Corps ———— The surviving members of the Regiment, aided by the County of Herkimer, and the . . . — Map (db m6902) |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 35th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry |
| | The Thirty-fifth Regiment
of
Massachusetts Volunteers
Crossed this bridge with Ferrero's
Brigade, Ninth Army Corps
at noon, Sept. 17, 1862, and
moved to the right up the hill
where, at the lane, two hundred
and fourteen of their officers
and men were killed or wounded.
Gloria est Pro Patria Mori
Erected by Lieut. Col. Albert A. Pope, as a
memorial of his dead comrades. — Map (db m6455) |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 36th Ohio Volunteer Infantry |
| | (Front of Monument): 36th Infantry commanded by Lieut. Col. Melvin Clarke (Killed) Crook's (2d) Brigade Kanawha Division Ninth Army Corps Army of the Potomac Ohio (Rear of Monument): This Regiment advanced near the Bridge over Antietam Creek on the morning of September 17, 1862, supporting Sturgis' Division. It participated in the charge by which the Bridge was captured. Lieut. Col. Melvin Clarke was killed near this spot. Its loss was 1 officer and 1 man killed; 21 men . . . — Map (db m6518) |
| 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) |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 3rd Maryland Volunteer Infantry |
| | Maryland 3rd Md. Infantry. 2nd Stainbrook's Brigade. 2nd Greene's Division. 12th Mansfield's Corps. Advanced to the corner of the Dunkard Church, in front of this Marker. Loss, 4 killed, 25 wounded. The monument to the Maryland troops is near the Dunkard Church. — Map (db m6857) |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 3rd Regt. Pennsylvania — Reserve Corps |
| | 32nd Reg. Penna. Vol. Inf. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 1st Corps. Arriving on the field on the afternoon of September 16th, Lieut. Col. John Clark, com'd'g. the regiment immediately deployed eight companies as skirmishers. When the 2nd Brigade advanced on the morning of September 17th, the regiment fell into line, and 600 yards south of this point became engaged with Hood's Confederate Division. Number engaged about 200 Casualties at Antietam. Killed 12 Wounded 34 Total 46 3 companies . . . — Map (db m5912) |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 45th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry |
| | 2nd Brigade 1st Division 9th Corps The regiment advanced 264 yards northwest of this point returning to this position later in the day ————— Casualties at Antietam Killed 1 Wounded 36 Missing 1 Total 38 Recruited in centre Lancaster Mifflin Tioga and Wayne Counties ————— Battles Participated in Secessionville (Near Charleston) South Mountain - Siege of Knoxville Antietam - Wilderness Fredericksburg - Spotsylvania Vicksburg . . . — Map (db m11424) |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 48th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry |
| | (Front Inscription): 48th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry 1st Brigade 2nd Division 9th Corps Location 385 yards south 70 degrees east ————— Casualties at Antietam Killed 8 Wounded 51 Missing 1 Total 60 Organized August September 1861 Mustered out July 17th 1865 Recruited in Schuylkill County ————— Battles Participated in Newbern - Spotsylvania Second Bull Run - North Anna Chantilly - Totopotomy South Mountain - . . . — Map (db m6665) |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 87 — 4th and 12th U.S. Infantry |
| | U.S.A. At 10 A.M., September 16, 1862, four companies of the Fourth United States Infantry crossed the stone bridge over the Antietam at this point and took position behind the rock ledge and barn on the left of the road and under the bank on the right. At noon two companies were thrown out as skirmishers and advanced on either side of the road to high ground, about 350 yards west, to hold in check the advance of the enemy. At sunset the Fourth was relieved by the First Battalion, Twelfth . . . — Map (db m6792) |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 4th New York Volunteer Infantry — 1st Scott Life Guard |
| | (Top Plaque): 4th New York Vols. First Scott Life Guard 3rd Brigade, 3rd Division 2nd Corps (Lower Plaque):
Mustered in service May 4, 1861. Participated with the Army of the Potomac in the Battles of South Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville. Killed at Antietam, Sept. 17, 1862
Co. A Color Sergt. A. Biering
Co. A Private John Byrnes
Co. A Private J. Corcoran
Co. A. Private W. McManus
Co. B. Capt. John S. Downs
Co. B. 1st Sergt. H. Pickham . . . — Map (db m7282) |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 4th Regiment Pennsylvania Reserve Volunteer Corps |
| | (Rear Inscription): 4th Regt. Pennsylvania Reserve Volunteer Corps.33rd Regt. in line, 2nd Brigade. 3rd Division, 1st Army Corps. Organized June 10th, 1861. Mustered out June 17th, 1864. ————— The regt. arrived on the field on the afternoon of September 16th, 1862. Formed at this point on the morning of the 17th. Advanced about 600 yards south and became engaged with Hood's Confederate Division. ————— Casualties at Antietam . . . — Map (db m5904) |
| 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) |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 51st Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry |
| | (Front Inscription): The 51st Regt. P. V. was organized Sept. 1861 By Col. afterwards, Maj. Gen. John F. Hartranft its leader in many battles and in this charge Mustered out July 1865 Engaged in 20 battles or minor combats and numerous skirmishes Total death roll 214 (Left Inscription): Omitted. Private Charles Keyser, Co. A. 5th Sergt. Richard J. Williams, Co B. 8th Corp. George W. Bird, Co B. Private David S. Hutman Co B. Private Henry C. Unicore, Co B. (Rear . . . — Map (db m6469) |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 51st Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry |
| | 51st Pennsylvania
Volunteer Infantry
2nd Brigade 2nd Division 9th Corps
Location 385 yards South 70 Degrees East
——— Casualties at Antietam
Killed 21
Wounded 99
Total 120
Recruited in Montgomery Northampton Union Centre Lycoming and Snyder Counties ———
Battles Participated In Roanoke Island Newbern - Camden Second Bull Run Chantilly South Mountain Antietam Fredericksburg Vicksburg Jackson Cambell's Station Knoxville - . . . — Map (db m6661) |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 59th New York Infantry |
| | 3d Brig. - 2d Div. - 2d Corps ———— John Lemuel Stetson of Plattsburgh, N.Y. Lieutenant Colonel ———— "Men Rally on Your Colors" Out of 300 men and 21 officers who went into battle nearby, there fell 224, including Lieut. Col. Stetson and 8 officers - a loss in officers exceeded only twice in the war. ———— In memory of his brother, by Francis Lynde Stetson — Map (db m6274) |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — Q — 5th Corps, 2nd Division Position |
| | U.S.A. On the afternoon of September 15, 1862, the two regular brigades of Sykes' Division, Fifth Army Corps went into position a few feet west of this road and parallel to it, where they remained until the morning of the 19th. This tablet marks the right of the Division and of Buchanan's Brigade. — Map (db m7108) |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 5th Maryland Infantry |
| | Maryland 5th Md Infantry 3rd Max Weber's Brigade. 3rd French's Division. 2nd Sumner's Corps. Advanced to the knoll above the bloody lane. 300 feet in the rear of of this marker. Loss. 43 killed 123 wounded. The monument to the Maryland troops is near the Dunkard Church. — Map (db m5487) |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 5th Md. Vet. Vol. Infy. |
| | Erected by the survivors of Company A & I to the memory of our fallen comrads who fell on this spot September 17, 1862. ———— This stone marks the extreme advance of Weber's Brigade French's Div. 2nd Army Corps ———— Can their glory ever fade! — Map (db m17622) |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 5th, 7th and 66th Ohio Infantry Monument |
| | (Front Side): Ohio
5th Infantry
Commanded by
Major John Collins
7th Infantry
Commanded by
Lieut. Col. Eugene Powell
66th Infantry
Commanded by
Major Orrin J. Crane
Tyndale's (1st) Brigade
Greene's (2d) Division
Twelfth Army Corps Army of the Potomac
(Rear Side): 5th 66th 7th
These three regiments became engaged about 7:30 A.M., September 17, 1862, advanced and drove the enemy from the woods near the Dunkard Church and were in action until 1:30 . . . — Map (db m6348) |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 7th Regiment Pennsylvania — Reserve Volunteer Infantry |
| | 36th Regiment in line, 2nd Brigade. 3rd Division, 1st Corps. Organized June 26, 1861. Mustered out June 16, 1864. The regiment arrived on the field on the afternoon of September 16, 1862. Formed at this point on the morning of the 17th. Advanced about 600 yards south and became engaged with Hood's Confederate Division. ————— Casualties at Antietam Killed 12 Wounded 60 Total 72 ————— Recruited three companies in Philadelphia. Two . . . — Map (db m5900) |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 84th New York (14th Brooklyn) Volunteer Infantry |
| | At the Battle of Antietam
On this spot, known as "The Cornfield," the 84th N.Y. Volunteer Infantry (14th Brooklyn, N.Y. S. M. ) of the 1st Brigade, Col. Phelps, 1st Division Gen. Doubleday, 1st Corps, Gen. Hooker, was hotly engaged on the morning of September 17, 1862 The Regiment's loss in the day's battle was, officers and men Killed 8 Wounded 23 At "South Mountain", the prelude to "Antietam" September 14, 1862, it lost. Killed 8 Wounded 18. making in the two days, a total loss of 54 . . . — Map (db m5654) |
| 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) |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 8th Ohio Regiment |
| | (Front): Ohio
8th Regiment Ohio Volunteer Infantry Lieut. Col. Franklin Sawyer 1st Brigade Gen. Nathan Kimball
3rd Division Gen. W. H. French 2nd Corps, Gen. Edwin V. Sumner Army of the Potomac On this field Ohio's sons sacrificed life and health for one country and one flag. (Rear): September 17, 1862 forded Antietam Creek waist deep; formed line of battle South of the Roulette buildings, in orchard, took crest of hill at the point of the bayonet; held position four hours; . . . — Map (db m5493) |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 8th Regt. Pennsylvania Reserver Volunteer Corps |
| | (At the base of the front):37th Regiment of the Line (Inscription on the Back): 8th Pa. Reserve Vol. Inf. Major Silas M. Baily. 2nd Brigade, 3rd Div., 1st Corps. Advanced about 800 yards south and became engaged with Hood's Confederate Division. Loss at Antietam. Killed 12, Wounded 44. Engagements. Mechanicsville, Va. June 26th, 1862. Gaines Mills, Va. June 27th, 1862. Charles City Cross Roads, Va. June 30th, 1862. Malvern Hill, Va. July 1st, 1862. Second Bull Run, Va. Aug. . . . — Map (db m5919) |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 90th Pennslyvania |
| | Here fought the 90th Penna. (Phila.) Sept. 17, 1862 A hot place — Map (db m5671) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — A Cornfield Unlike Any Other |
| | "Through a shower of bullets and shells, it was only the thoughts of home that brought me from that place." Pvt. James Dougherty, 128th Pennsylvania Infantry, wounded in the Cornfield (1) At daybreak, Gen. Joseph Hooker's First Corps, approximately 8,000 men, advanced south through the Cornfield where, "the hostile battle lines opened a tremendous fire upon each other." Initially stopped by the heavy musketry, Hooker's men regrouped and began to push Gen. Stonewall Jackson's men back as . . . — Map (db m20624) |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — A House Was Burning |
| | This cemetery and the farm buildings to your right were part of Samuel and Elizabeth Mumma's farm in 1862. Warned of the coming battle, the Mummas and their ten children fled to safety. Fearful that Union sharpshooters would use the farm buildings as a strongpoint, Confederates set fire to them. The column of fire and smoke was visible all morning above the battlefield. This fire was the only deliberate destruction of civilian property. One Union soldier remembered, "Just in front of us a house . . . — Map (db m20715) |
| 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) |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — A Simple Farm Lane Changed Forever |
| | During the early hours of the battle, Col. John Brown Gordon promised Robert E. Lee, "These men are going to stay here, General, till the sun goes down or victory is won." The Confederate troops that Gordon commanded were part of a well protected line of over 2,200 men hunkered down behind piled-up fence rails in this well worn sunken road. When the Federal attacks shifted south at approximately 9:30 a.m., the Confederates held their fire until the last possible second. Then, as Gordon . . . — Map (db m20742) |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — A.N.V. |
| | Near this spot an abandoned Confederate gun manned by a Second Lieutenant of the 6th Virginia Infantry, Mahone's Brigade, and two infantry volunteers from Anderson's Georgia Brigade, was placed in action September 17, 1862. — Map (db m5470) |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 386 — Anderson’s Division, Longstreet’s Command |
| | C.S.A. Anderson’s Division, Longstreet’s Command Maj. Gen. R.H. Anderson Commanding. (September 17, 1862) Anderson's Division comprising the brigades of Cumming, Wright, Pryor, Mahone, Featherstone, and Armistead crossed the Potomac at Blackford's Ford abotu daybreak and between 9 and 10 a.m. arrived upon this part of the field. Armistead's Brigade was sent to the support of McLaws in the Dunkard Church woods and the other five brigades were disposed in the apple orchard and on open ground . . . — Map (db m5501) |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — Antietam Iron Works Bridge |
| | This four-arch stone bridge spanning the Antietam Creek was built in 1832 by John Weaver. It is located at the site of a large ironworks complex, first known as the Frederick Forge and later as the Antietam Iron Works which operated intermittently from 1763 until 1886, when the facility was sold at a bankruptcy sale. This bridge was one of the first two contracted by the county government after the Levy Court had been renamed the Board of County Commissioners in 1830. — Map (db m3206) |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — Antietam Station — Railroad to Reunion — Antietam Campaign 1862 |
| | After the Battle of Antietam on September 17, 1862, soldiers’ families traveled by rail to Hagerstown or Frederick, and then by horse and buggy to the site to recover the bodies of loved ones or to search for survivors. Thus began a constant stream of battlefield visitors that still continues. A regular Decoration Day commemoration (a forerunner of Memorial Day) began in May 1868 with a parade through Sharpsburg and the decoration of soldiers’ graves. In 1833, the Shenandoah Valley Railway . . . — Map (db m1968) |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 370 — Archer's Brigade |
| | C.S.A. Archer's Brigade In its advance from the Antietam Furnace Road, west of this point, on the afternoon of September 17th, 1862. Archer's Brigade of A.P. Hill's Division encountered the Federal troops posted behind the stone wall forming the western line of the 40 acre cornfield. Greggs movement on the left flank of the Federal line having compelled it to retire, Archer's Brigade charged over the fence and across the cornfield, but was repulsed with considerable loss and fell back to . . . — Map (db m6689) |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 301 — Army of Northern Virginia |
| | C.S.A. Army of Northern Virginia, General Robert E. Lee, Commanding. (September 14-16, 1862). Army of Northern Virginia was composed of Longstreet's and Jackson's Commands, Stuart's Cavalry Division and the Reserve Artillery. D.R. Jones' and Hood's Division and Evans' Brigade of Longstreet's Command, also D.H. Hill's Division of Jackson's Command, were withdrawn from South Mountain during the night of September 14 and concentrated at Sharpsburg early next day, September 15. McLaws', R.H. . . . — Map (db m5587) |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 302 — Army of Northern Virginia |
| | C.S.A. Army of Northern Virginia General Robert E. Lee, Commanding. (September 17, 1862.) At about 6 a.m. Jackson became heavily engaged in resisting an attempt of Hooker's Corps of the Army of the Potomac to turn the left flank of the Confederate Army. About 7 a.m. the attempt was renewed by Mansfield's Corps. About 9 a.m. a third attempt was made by Sedgwick's Division of Sumner's Corps. Between 9:15 and 11 a.m. French's and Richardson's Division of Sumner's Corps assaulted and at noon . . . — Map (db m5596) |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 351 — Army of Northern Virginia |
| | C.S.A. Army of Northern Virginia General Robert E. Lee, Commanding September 17, 1862. General Longstreet's Command, including D.H. Hill's Division of Jackson's Command, temporarily attached, occupied the right and center of the Confederate line, extending from the Antietam Creek South of Sharpsburg, in a northernly direction to Mumma's House. General Jackson's Command occupied the left of the line extending from Mumma's House to the Hagerstown Pike, north of the Dunkard Church thence . . . — Map (db m5620) |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 118 — Army of the Potomac |
| | Major Gen. George B. McClellan, Commanding. (September 15, 1862.) On the morning of September 15, 1862, the Army of the Potomac pursued the retreating Confederates from South Mountain: Pleasonton's cavalry, the Second, First, and Twelfth Corps by Turner's Pass, Boonsboro and Keedysville; Sykes' Division of the Fifth Corps, the Reserve Artillery and Ninth Corps by Fox's Pass and the Old Sharpsburg Road. The Sixth Corps and Couch's Division (attached to the Sixth Corps), remained near Crampton's . . . — Map (db m5562) |
| 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) |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — As the Georgians Saw It |
| | Down the narrow valley directly across the creek swept Burnside's doomed attack columns. For the entire distance to the bridge, they were exposed to deadly short-range fire from the riflemen on this ridge. The final successful thrust at 1 o'clock came down the steep slope directly opposite the bridge. — Map (db m6825) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
| 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) |
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