| 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) HM |
| 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) HM |
| 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) HM |
| 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) HM |
| 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) HM |
| 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) HM |
| 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) HM |
| 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) HM |
| 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) HM |
| 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) HM |
| 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) HM |
| 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) HM |
| 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) HM |
| 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) HM |
| 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) HM |
| 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) HM |
| 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) 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 — “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) 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 — 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) HM |
| 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) HM |
| 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) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 11th Mississippi Infantry Regiment — Law's Brigade — Hood's Division |
| | (Front):11th Mississippi Infantry Regiment Law's Brigade Hood's Division C.S.A. Dedicated 2012 on the Sesquicentennial of the Battle Duty brought them to the field Honor led them into battle Valor covered them with glory Ducit amore patriae The love of my country leads me Mississippi (Left): Men of the 11th Mississippi who were killed or died of wounds in this action Commanding Officers Col. Phillip F. Liddell Lt. Col. Samuel L. Butler Maj. Taliaferro S. Evans 2nd Cpl. Lewis . . . — Map (db m59120) HM |
| 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) HM |
| 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) HM |
| 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) HM |
| 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) HM |
| 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) HM |
| 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) HM |
| 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) HM |
| 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) HM |
| 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) HM |
| 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) HM |
| 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) HM |
| 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) HM |
| 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) HM |
| 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) HM |
| 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) HM |
| 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) HM |
| 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) HM |
| 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) 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 — 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) HM |
| 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) 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 — 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 Gefallen Kameraden errichtet von den Ueberlebenden des Regts (Left): Erected in Memory of our Fallen Comrades by the Survivors of the Regt. (Rear): Dedicated September 17th. 1887. — Map (db m59837) HM |
| 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) HM |
| 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) HM |
| 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) HM |
| 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) HM |
| 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) HM |
| 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) HM |
| 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) HM |
| 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) HM |
| 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) HM |
| 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) HM |
| 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) HM |
| 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) HM |
| 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) HM |
| 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) HM |
| 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) HM |
| 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) HM |
| 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) HM |
| 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) 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 — 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) HM |
| 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 m58219) HM |
| 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) HM |
| 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) HM |
| 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) HM |
| 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) HM |
| 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) HM |
| 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) HM |
| 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) 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 |
| 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) HM |
| 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) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 90th Pennslyvania |
| | Here fought the 90th Penna. (Phila.) Sept. 17, 1862 A hot place — Map (db m5671) 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 — 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 — 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) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — A Crucial Crossing, a General’s Namesake, a Battlefield Icon |
| | Known at the time of the battle as the Rohrbach or Lower Bridge, this picturesque crossing over Antietam Creek was built in 1836 to connect Sharpsburg with Rohrersville, the next town to the south. It was actively used for traffic until 1966 when a bypass enabled the bridge to be restored to its 1862 appearance.
For more than three hours on September 17, 1862, Confederate Gen. Robert Toombs and fewer than 500 Georgia soldiers manned this imposing position against three Federal assaults . . . — Map (db m37716) HM |
| 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) 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 — 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) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — A View into the Past |
| | This Civil War era photograph offers a glimpse into the two Shepherdstown communities that grew up along the river. The stone pilings in this photograph were all that remained of the covered bridge burned by Confederate troops led by Stonewall Jackson in 1861. The river crossing was an important commercial stop along the C&O canal route. Canal boats left the lock on the Maryland side and navigated across the river to West Virginia. Once loaded with cement, flour, or grain they resumed their . . . — Map (db m60705) HM |
| 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) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — Aftermath Along the Hagerstown Turnpike |
| | Throughout the morning of the battle, fighting raged here along the Hagerstown Turnpike. At one point, Union and Confederate forces found themselves just yards away from each other on opposite sides of this road. Afterward, commander of the Sixth Wisconsin Infantry Major Rufus Dawes, remembered, “The piles of dead on the Sharpsburg and Hagerstown Turnpike surpassed anything on any other battlefield of my observation . . . my feeling was that the Antietam Turnpike surpassed all in manifest evidence of slaughter.” — Map (db m41711) HM |
| 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 about 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) HM |
| 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) HM |
| 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 1883, the Shenandoah Valley Railway . . . — Map (db m1968) HM |
| 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) HM |
| 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) HM |
| 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) HM |
| 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) HM |
| 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) 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 — 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) HM |
| 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 — 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 — 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 — 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 — 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 — 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 — 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 — 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 — 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 — 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 — 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 — 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 — 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 — 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 — 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 — 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 — Battle of Antietam, September 17, 1862 |
| | Bloodiest One-Day Battle in American History As the thundering of artillery and rifle gave way to darkness of night, 23,000 killed and wounded Union and Confederate soldiers covered the fields around Sharpsburg. This inconceivable total gives Antietam the tragic distinction of having the highest number of casualties for any one-day battle. “The corn and the trees, so fresh and green in the morning, were reddened with blood and torn by bullet and shell, and the very earth was furrowed . . . — Map (db m41703) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — Battlefield Namesake |
| | One of the most unique ways that the Battle of Antietam has been commemorated is the naming of U.S. Navy ships after the battle. Ships have been named for Gettysburg, Shiloh, Vicksburg, and there have been at least three ships named Antietam. This ship's bell is from the U.S.S. Antietam, CV-36, a Navy Aircraft Carrier. Commissioned in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in January 1945, the carrier weighed over 27,000 tons and was over 880 feet long. The ship had a crew of about 2,800 sailors and was . . . — Map (db m12231) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — Beacon of Peace |
| | "May it stand as it did in war - as a beacon to guide men searching their way through the darkness. May it stand throughout all ages as a symbol of mercy, peace, and understanding." Maryland Governor Millard Tawes Church Rededication Service, September 2, 1962 The Battle of Antietam was the bloodiest one-day battle in American History. Yet ironically one of the most noted landmarks on this field of combat is a house of worship associated with peace and love. This historic church was . . . — Map (db m20593) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — Blackford’s Ford |
| | Also known as Boteler’s Pack Horse and Shepherdstown Ford. “Stonewall” Jackson’s command crossed here en route from Harper’s Ferry to Sharpsburg. Here the entire Army of Northern Virginia withdrew into Virginia, Sept. 18–19, 1862, following the Battle of Antietam. — Map (db m1953) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 371 — Branch's Brigade |
| | C.S.A. Branch's Brigade In the advance of A. P. Hill's Division from the Antietam Furnace Road, on the Afternoon of September 17th, Branch's Brigade supported the Brigades of Gregg and Archer. It was engaged south of this point, and its commander, Brig. Gen. Branch was killed in the southeast part of the field adjoining this on the south. After the death of General Branch, the command devolved upon Colonel James H. Lane, of the 28th North Carolina, who relieved Toombs' Brigade of D.R. . . . — Map (db m6667) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — Bridge of Destiny |
| | "I do not know the name of the creek, but I have named it the creek of death. Such a slaughter I hope never to witness again." Pvt. George Lewis Bronson, 11th Connecticut Infantry A Divided Nation - A Divided Family Union Col. Henry W. Kingsbury (left) and Confederate Gen. David R. Jones (right) married sisters Eva and Rebecca Taylor. At Antietam, Col. Kingsbury, described as a "brilliant, honorable and brave soldier," commanded the 11th Connecticut Infantry that made the first attack . . . — Map (db m20753) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — Brigadier General George B. Anderson |
| | Brigadier General George B. Anderson C.S.A. mortally wounded 235 yards S. SW. — Map (db m5498) 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 — Brigadier General L. O'B. Branch |
| | Brigadier General L. O'B. Branch C.S.A. killed here. — Map (db m6692) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — Brigadier General William E. Starke |
| | Brigadier General William E. Starke C.S.A. Killed Here. — Map (db m6980) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 366 — C.S.A. |
| | On the morning of September 17, 1862, this bridge was defended by the 2d and 20th Georgia of Toombs' Brigade and the 50th Georgia of Drayton's Brigade. The 20th Georgia was on the high wooded bluff immediately opposite this end of the Bridge, and the 2d and 50th Georgia in open order, supported by one company of Jenkins' S.C. Brigade, continued the line to Snavely's Ford. One company of the 20th Georgia was on the narrow wooded strip north of this point between the creek and the Sharpsburg . . . — Map (db m6472) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 21 — Cavalry Division |
| | U.S.A. Cavalry Division, Brig. Gen. Alfred Pleasanton, Commanding. (September 17, 1862.) The Cavalry Division was stationed along the west bank of Antietam Creek during the Battle of September 17, in support of Horse Batteries A, B, and L (Consolidated) and M, of the Second U.S. Artillery, and Batteries C and G (Consolidated) of the Third Artillery, which were established on the crest of the ridge in front of this point. This division occupied a portion of the ground between the left flank . . . — Map (db m7016) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — Civil War Hospital Site — Hoffman Farm |
| | Civil War Hospital Site Hoffman Farm Was used as a hospital during The Maryland Campaign 1862 Private Property courtesy of S.H.A.F. — Map (db m7191) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — Clara Barton |
| | (Upper Plaque):During the Battle of Antietam September 17, 1862 Clara Barton brought supplies and nursing aid to the wounded on this battlefield. The act of love and mercy led to the birth of the present American National Red Cross (Lower Plaque):This symbolic red cross has been made from a brickfrom the chimney of the home where Clara Barton was born at North Oxford, Massachusetts on Christmas Day, 1821. — Map (db m5901) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — Clara Barton |
| | "I have been permitted to stand by your loved ones when the trial hour came..." For some, service to their country ended with the Civil War. For Clara Barton, this was the beginning. Barton, a forty year old teacher, patent clerk and patriot, was frustrated by reports of inadequate relief supplies at battlefields. She gathered needed items and transported them to the front. At Antietam, Miss Barton followed the sound of artillery and arrived on this part of the battlefield. She . . . — Map (db m20671) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — Colonel James H. Childs — Fourth Pennsylvania Cavalry |
| | At this spot Colonel James H. Childs of the Fourth Pennsylvania Cavalry in the temporary command of Averill's Brigade fell mortally wounded on the morning of September 17th, 1862. — Map (db m7105) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 365 — Colquitt's and Garland's Brigades |
| | C.S.A. Colquitt's and Garland's Brigades (September 17, 1862) After the repulse of the Confederate Line in the East Woods and Cornfield north of the Smoketown Road in the morning of the 17th, parts of the Brigades of Colquitt and Garland rallied in the sunken road at this point, their right connecting with Rodes, their left resting on the Hagerstown Pike. They co-operated with Rodes in repelling the advance of French's Division, Second Corps, and in co-operating with detachments of McLaws' . . . — Map (db m5477) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 78 — Companies G. I. and K., 4th U.S. Infantry |
| | U.S.A. Companies G. I. and K., 4th U.S. Infantry. Lieut. C.H. Carlton, Commanding. September 17, 1862. Between 3 and 4 p.m., of the 17th, the 4th U.S. Infantry took position on the right (north) of the Boonsboro Pike, near the Bloddy Lane. Companies G. I. and K. under command of Lieut. Carlton, were advanced as skirmishers, their left resting on the pike at this point. The right extending northwardly across open ground in the direction of Piper's Lane. In this position they engaged the . . . — Map (db m7087) HM |
| 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) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 76 — Couch's Division, Fourth Army Corps |
| | U.S.A. Couch's Division, Fourth Army Corps, Maj. Gen. D.N. Couch, Commanding. September 16-18, 1862. On the 16th, Couch's Division was drawn up across Pleasant Valley near Rohrersville, observing McLaws' command. On the morning of the 17th, the Division marched nearly to Harper's Ferry, then countermarched and bivouacked that night on the Huffer Farm about a half mile south of Keedysville. It reached the field about 11 a.m., on the 18th, Cochrane's Brigade relieved Irwin's Brigade of . . . — Map (db m5484) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 385 — D.H. Hill's Division |
| | D.H. Hill's Division (September 17, 1862) Early on the 17th, Ripley fired the Mumma Buildings and passed them in the direction of the south part of the East Woods, then, moving by the left flank, crossed the Smoketown Road and engaged Union troops in Miller's Cornfield. Colquitt followed Ripley and formed on his right. Garland's Brigade moving from the field north of the present stone tower, followed Colquitt. After a severe contest, involving heavy losses, the three brigades were driven by . . . — Map (db m5631) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 332 — D.H. Hill's Division, Jackson's Command |
| | C.S.A. D.H. Hill's Division, Jackson's Command, Maj. Gen. Daniel H. Hill, commanding. September 15-16, 1862. D.H. Hill's Division retired from South Mountain during the night of Sept. 14, crossed the Antietam, at the Middle Bridge, at daylight of the 15th, and formed line facing the Antietam on the high ground east of this road, its right near the Boonsboro Pike, its left on the Hagerstown Pike near the Bloody Lane. On the 15th and 16th it supported the artillery which was engaged with the . . . — Map (db m5469) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 384 — D.H. Hill's Division, Jackson's Command |
| | C.S.A. D.H. Hill's Division, Jackson's Command. Major General D.H. Hill, Commanding. (September 15-16, 1862.) D.H. Hill's Division led the retreat from South Mountain on the night of the 14th. Rodes' and Colquitt's Brigades, both under command of Rodes, were hastened to Sharpsburg to expel the Union cavalry which had escaped from Harper's Ferry. The cavalry having moved on the direction of Hagerstown, Rodes marched through the town and halted near the Potomac, early on the 15th. The three . . . — Map (db m5630) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 369 — D.R. Jones' Division, Longstreet's Command |
| | (Main Tablet): C.S.A. D.R. Jones' Division, Longstreet's Command Brig. Gen. D.R. Jones, Commanding. September 17, 1862. About 7.30 a.m., Col. Geo. T. Anderson's Brigade moved from Cemetery Hill to the left near the Dunker Church. The Federal Batteries beyond the Antietam continued their heavy fire, which was answered by the Confederate guns. Five companies of the 11th Georgia Infantry reinforced the right of Toombs' Brigade opposite Snavely's Ford and, about 1 p.m., Toombs was . . . — Map (db m6575) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 368 — D.R. Jones' Division, Longstreet's Command |
| | C.S.A. D.R. Jones' Division, Longstreet's Command. Brig. Gen. D.R. Jones, Commanding. Organization. Brig. Gen. Robert Toombs' Brigade, Brig. Gen. Thomas F. Drayton's Brigade, Brig. Gen. R. B. Garnett's Brigade, Brig. Gen. James L. Kemper's Brigade, Col. Joseph Walker's Brigade, Col. George T. Anderson's Brigade. September 15-16, 1862. Jones' Division reached Sharpsburg on the morning of the 15th and took position on Cemetery Hill and the high ground about 350 yards to the west and northwest . . . — Map (db m6595) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 321 — D.R. Jones' Division, Longstreet's Command |
| | C.S.A. D.R. Jones' Division, Longstreet's Command, Brig. Gen. David R. Jones, Commanding. September 17, 1862. The division formed at daylight on the plateau commanding the approaches to the Burnside Bridge. At about noon the enemy made several attempts to carry the bridge, but was repulsed. An assault made at 1 p.m. was successful, the bridge was carried, and the advanced troops withdrew to a position on the plateau nearer the town. Between 2 and 3 p.m. the enemy gained the plateau and . . . — Map (db m7257) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 322 — D.R. Jones' Division, Longstreet's Command |
| | C.S.A. D.R. Jones' Division, Longstreet's Command. Brig. Gen. David R. Jones, Commanding. September 15-16, 1862. This division, composed of the brigades of Toombs, Kempter, Drayton, [J]en[k]ins, Garnett, and George T. Anderson, withdrew from its position on the South Mountain during the night of Sept. 14, and marched by the Boonsboro' Pike, to Sharpsburg. It crossed the Antietam at the Middle Bridge and took position on the high ground to the south and southeast of the town, commanding the . . . — Map (db m7258) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — Destroy the Rebel Army |
| | Two days before the battle, President Abraham Lincoln sent Gen. George B. McClellan a telegram, "God bless you and all with you! Destroy the rebel army, if possible." It was here, on these rolling farm fields, where McClellan and the Army of the Potomac would try. Gen. Robert E. Lee gathered his Confederate army here and decided to "make a stand." His 40,000 soldiers spread out in a roughly three mile line. You are standing near the center of Lee's men. As you face north, it was primarily Gen. . . . — Map (db m20592) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 3 — Doubleday's Division, First Army Corps |
| | U.S.A. Doubleday's Division, First Army Corps. Brigadier Gen. Abner Doubleday, Commanding. (September 17, 1862.) Doubleday's Division moved from its bivouac on the Joseph Poffenberger Farm, north of this, at 5/30 a.m. on the 17th, in the following order: Gibbon's Brigade in advance, supported by Phelps' and Patrick's Brigades; Hoffman's Brigade was held in reserve. The three brigades advanced with their right resting on the Hagerstown Pike, until Gibbon reached this point - Phelps 25 yards . . . — Map (db m6108) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 2 — Doubleday's Division, First Army Corps |
| | U.S.A. Doubleday's Division, First Army Corps, Brigadier Gen. Abner Doubleday, Commanding. (September 17, 1862.)Doubleday's Division, on the right of the First Corps, moved to the attack at 5/30 a.m., September 17, in the following order: Gibbon's Brigade in advance, supported by Phelps' and Patrick's Brigades. Hofmann's Brigade was held in reserve. The three brigades of Gibbon, Phelps and Patrick - advanced, their right resting on the Hagerstown Pike, until Gibbon reached a point 135 yards . . . — Map (db m6127) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — Dunker Church - "Symbol of Peace and Brotherhood" |
| | E. Russel Hicks was a historian of Washington County, Md., and a member of the Church of the Brethren. A century after the battle he wrote: "I am the Church of the bloodiest battlefield in all American history. I had my conception in the minds of a group of pious, zealous folks, who were among the first settlers to make their homes on the banks of the Antietam. "They called themselves Brethren because brotherhood was the main objective of their devotion. Their associates in the neighborhood . . . — Map (db m6284) 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 — Early's Washington Raid — Diverting Federal Forces, July 1864 |
| | In mid-June 1864, Confederate Gen. Jubal A. Early's corps drove Union Gen. David Hunter's army into West Virginia after the Battle of Lynchburg. On June 23 Early launched an incursion through Maryland against Washington, D.C., to draw Union troops from Richmond and Petersburg and then to release Confederate prisoners held at Point Lookout. After crossing the Potomac River on July 6, Early detached Gen. Bradley T. Johnson's cavalry brigade to raid eastward along with Maj. Harry Gilmor and his . . . — Map (db m59127) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 123 — Eleventh Connecticut Infantry |
| | Eleventh Connecticut Infantry, Colonel Henry W. Kingsbury, Commanding, September 17, 1862. This regiment opened the engagement on this part of the field on the morning of September 17. It was partially deployed in skirmishing order and preceded Crook's Brigade, Kanawha Division, in an attack on the stone bridge. It descended the hill on the east and passed over this ground under a severe fire of Confederate artillery on the high ground west and infantry concealed in the woods, in pits, and . . . — Map (db m6413) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 312 — Evans' Brigade, Longstreet's Command |
| | C.S.A. Evans' Brigade, Longstreet's Command, Brig. Gen. Nathan G. Evans, Commanding Organization. 17th South Carolina Infantry, 18th South Carolina Infantry, 22nd South Carolina Infantry, 23rd South Carolina Infantry, Holcombe S.C. Legion, Macbeth S.C. Artillery. September 14-16, 1862. Evans' Brigade, with Hood's Division, formed the rear guard of the Army of Northern Virginia during its withdrawal from South Mountain. Reaching this point about noon of Sept. 15, it formed in support of the . . . — Map (db m7260) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 313 — Evans' Brigade, Longstreet's Command |
| | C.S.A. Evans' Brigade, Longstreet's Command. Brig. Gen. Nathan G. Evans, Commanding. (September 17, 1862.) Evans' Brigade continued in support of the artillery during the morning of the 17th, covering the approaches to Sharpsburg by the Boonsboro Pike. At 7:30 a.m. Geo. T. Anderson's Brigade, which had been under temporary command of Gen. Evans, was detached and ordered to the Confederate left. About 1 p.m. Evans' Brigade was deployed on both sides of the Boonsboro Pike to meet the advance . . . — Map (db m7269) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 326 — Ewell's Division, Jackson's Command |
| | C.S.A. Ewell's Division, Jackson's Command. Brigadier General A.R. Lawton, Commanding. (September 15-16, 1862.) Ewell's Division left Harper's Ferry on the night of September 15th, crossed the Potomac at Blackford's Ford and reached Sharpsburg on the morning of the 16th, and, late in the day moved to position in support of Jackson's Division in the West Woods, Early's Brigade on the left with Hay's Brigade in support and Lawton's and Trimble's Brigades in the woods west and north west of . . . — Map (db m7203) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — Ferry Hill Place — (Built in 1812) |
| | The boyhood home of Colonel Henry Kyd Douglas, a member of Stonewall Jackson’s staff. Sept. 18, 1862, Federal troops occupied these premises and confined the Douglas family. June 18, 1863, Headquarters of Confederate Maj. Gen. Edward Johnson, en route to Pennsylvania. — Map (db m1877) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — Ferry Hill Place |
| | John Blackford, in 1810, built the Ferry Hill Plantation House standing before you. Blackford owned 25 slaves and managed the farm by himself. The slaves and hired laborers worked with minimum direction. Two slaves, Ned and Jupe, ran the river ferry for which Ferry Hill was named. Blackford owned stock in the C&O Canal Company. When the canal came through in 1834 he had easy shipping access for his farm products to market. — Map (db m1971) HM |
| 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 — 85 — Fifth Army Corps — Fourth United States Infantry |
| | U.S.A. Fifth Army Corps Fourth United States Infantry (8 Cos.). Captain Hiram Dryer, 4th U.S. Infantry, Commanding. September 16-17, 1862. On the morning of the 16th, the 4th Infantry seized the middle bridge over the Antietam; companies B. G. I. and K. were thrown across the bridge, deployed on either side of the road, advanced about 300 yards, and, between 2 and 4 p.m., became engaged with the enemy's skirmishers. They were relieved at sunset by the 1st Battalion 12th U.S. Infantry and . . . — Map (db m7077) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 84 — Fifth Army Corps — Second Battalion, Fourteenth U.S. Infantry |
| | U.S.A. Fifth Army Corps. Second Battalion (8 Cos). Fourteenth U.S. Infantry Captain David B. McKibbon, Commanding. September 16-19, 1862. On September 16th, the Second Battalion, Fourteenth U.S. Infantry was in line on the east base of the ridge beyond the Antietam in-which position it remained until about 1 p.m. of the 17th, when it crossed the middle bridge to support the horse batteries. Late in the afternoon it advanced beyond the batteries moving in echelon on the right of the Fourth . . . — Map (db m7086) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 80 — Fifth Army Corps — First Battalion Fourteenth U.S. Infantry |
| | U.S.A. Fifth Army Corps. First Battalion (8 Cos) Fourteenth U.S. Infantry. Capt. W. Harvey Brown, 14th U.S. Infantry, Commanding. September 17, 1862. At 3 p.m. the First Battalion, Fourteenth U.S. Infantry crossed the Antietam at the Middle Bridge advanced on this road to this point and formed on the hill and in the ravine south of this tablet, the right of the battalion resting on this road. At dusk, Companies F, and G. deployed as skirmishers, advanced about 200 yards to Sherrick's Lane, . . . — Map (db m7100) HM |
| 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) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — Fifty-First New York Infantry |
| | Shepard Rifles
Col. Robert B. Potter
2d Brigade - Ferrero's 2d Division - Sturgis'
9th Army Corps - Burnside's
Army of the Potomac
Sept. 17, 1862
In compliance with orders received from General Burnside on the morning of September 17, the 51st New York and the 51st Pennsylvania were selected to carry this bridge at all hazards. The 51st New York, with the 51st Pennsylvania on its right, formed on the ridge in the rear of this position, moved forward at double quick, and at One P.M. . . . — Map (db m6441) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 8 — First Army Corps — Duryee's Brigade, Rickett's Division |
| | U.S.A. First Army Corps. Duryee's Brigade, Rickett's Division, Brigadier General Abram Duryee, Commanding. Organization. 97th, 104th, 105th New York and 107th Pennsylvania Infantry. (September 17, 1862.) Early in the morning Duryee's Brigade moved from its bivouac in the Poffenberger Woods, on the Smoketown Road. Forming in column of divisions, it obliqued right until near J. Poffenberger's when it marched south through the North Woods, passed the right of Hartsuff's Brigade and between . . . — Map (db m5685) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 10 — First Army Corps — Hartsuff's Brigade, Rickett's Division |
| | U.S.A. First Army Corps, Hartsuff's Brigade, Rickett's Division. Brig Gen George L. Hartsuff, Commanding. Organization. 11th Pennsylvania, 83rd New York, 12th and 13th Massachusetts Infantry. (September 17, 1862.) Hartsuff's Brigade, advancing from the Poffenberger woods early on the 17th, passed through the northern part of the East Woods and over the open ground west of them, and went into action on a line running northwest and southwest through this point. Early in the movement Gen. . . . — Map (db m5707) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 9 — First Army Corps — Christian's Brigade, Rickett's Division |
| | U.S.A. First Army Corps Christian's Brigade, Rickett's Division, Col. W.A. Christian, 26th New York, Commanding. Organization. 26th and 94th New York, 88th and 90th Pennsylvania Infantry. (September 17, 1862.) Christian's Brigade advanced from the Poffenberger woods in support of Hartsuff's left. The 90th Pennsylvania was detached to the support of Matthews' Pennsylvania Battery in the field between D.R. Miller's and the East Woods, but soon thereafter rejoined the Brigade, which moved . . . — Map (db m5711) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 4 — First Army Corps — Hoffmann's Brigade, Doubleday's Division |
| | U.S.A. First Army Corps. Hoffmann's Brigade, Doubleday's Division. Lieut. Col. J. Wm. Hoffman, 56th Penn. Inf., Commanding. Organization. 7th Indiana Infantry. 76th New York Infantry. 95th New York Infantry. 56th Pennsylvania Infantry. September 17, 1862. Hoffmann's Brigade was held in support of the Corps Artillery. About noon it was moved to the left, in support of the artillery of the First and Second Corps. In the afternoon it was returned to the right where it remained until the close . . . — Map (db m5828) 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 — 24 — First Army Corps — Anderson's Brigade, Meade's Division |
| | U.S.A. First Army Corps. Anderson's Brigade, Meade's Division. Lieut. Col. Robert Anderson, 9th Penn. Reserve, Commanding. Organization. 9th Pennsylvania Reserves, 11th Pennsylvania Reserves, 10th Pennsylvania Reserves, 12th Pennsylvania Reserves. (September 17, 1862.) Anderson's Brigade advanced from this point about 6/30 a.m., in support of Gibbon's, Phelps' and Patrick's Brigades of Doubleday's Division. Midway between the North Woods and the D.R. Miller house, the 10th Regiment was sent . . . — Map (db m5884) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — B — First Army Corps |
| | U.S.A. First Army Corps. Anderson's Brigade of Meade's Division bivouacked in this low field the night of September 16, 1862. Its outposts were established in the south edge of the wood in front and beyond the Hagerstown Pike to the west. — Map (db m5899) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 16 — First Army Corps — Magilton's Brigade, Meade's Division |
| | U.S.A. First Army Corps. Magilton's Brigade, Meade's Division, Col. Albert Magilton, 4th Penn. Reserves, Commanding. Organization. 3rd Penn. Reserve Infantry, 4th Penn. Reserve Infantry, 7th Penn. Reserve Infantry, 8th Penn. Reserve Infantry, September 17, 1862. Magilton's Brigade formed line at 5:30 a.m. on the left of Anderson's Brigade. At 630 a.m. it advanced through the North Woods, deployed in the open fields and had reached the north fence of the Cornfield when it was sent to the . . . — Map (db m5910) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 1 — First Army Corps |
| | U.S.A. First Army Corps. Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker, Commanding. September 16, 1862. The First Army Corps moved from its bivouac near Keedysville at 2 p.m. on Sept 16. Doubleday's Division crossed the Antietam at Pry's Ford; Rickett's and Meade's Divisions at the upper bridge. The divisions advanced in parallel columns, in a westerly direction, until 6 p.m., when Meade's Division encountered the enemy near the East Woods. The corps was then formed in line of battle, facing south and . . . — Map (db m5918) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — J — First Army Corps |
| | U.S.A. First Army Corps. Seymour's Brigade of Meade's Division, after its engagement with the enemy of September 16, 1862, bivouacked on either side of this road at this point, with pickets thrown forward into the East Woods. — Map (db m5971) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 17 — First Army Corps — Seymour's Brigade, Meade's Division |
| | U.S.A. First Army Corps. Seymour's Brigade, Meade's Division. Brig. Gen. Truman Seymour, Commanding. Organization. 1st Penn. Reserve Infantry, 2nd Penn. Reserve Infantry, 5th Penn. Reserve Infantry, 6th Penn. Reserve Infantry, 13th Penn. Reserve Infantry, September 17, 1862. Seymour's Brigade became engaged at daybreak, and advanced on either side of this road into the East Wood, where it became heavily engaged with the enemy. At the western edge of the East Wood its advance was checked by . . . — Map (db m5992) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 12 — First Army Corps — Magilton's Brigade, Meade's Division |
| | U.S.A. First Army Corps. Magilton's Brigade, Meade's Division. Col A.L. Magilton, 4th Pennsylvania Reserves, Commanding. (September 17, 1862.) Magilton's Brigade advanced from the North Woods about 6:30 a.m. and, passing a few yards east of D.R. Miller's House, formed line on the left of Anderson's Brigade. A part of the Brigade, supported by the 124th Pennsylvania, of the Twelfth Corps, engaged the enemy in the north edge of the Cornfield. Soon after, the Brigade was ordered to the left to . . . — Map (db m6091) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 31 — First Army Corps — Anderson's Brigade, Meade's Division |
| | U.S.A. First Army Corps. Anderson's Brigade, Meade's Division Lieut. Col. Robert Anderson, 9th Penn. Reserve, Commanding. Organization. 9th, 10th,11th, and 12th Pennsylvania Reserves. (September 17, 1862.) Anderson's Brigade advanced from the North Woods about 6:30 a.m. in support of Doubleday's Division engaged on either side of the road south of this point. Midway between the North Woods and D.R. Miller's, the 10th regiment crossed the road moving west about 700 yards became engaged with . . . — Map (db m6100) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 6 — First Army Corps — Gibbon's Brigade, Doubleday's Division |
| | U.S.A. First Army Corps Gibbon's Brigade, Doubleday's Division Brigadier General John Gibbon, Commanding, Organization 2nd, 6th and 7th Wisconsin and 19th Indiana Infantry The Iron Brigade September 17, 1862 On the morning of the 17th, with its right on the Hagerstown Pike, Gibbon's Brigade which three days before had earned the title of the "Iron Brigade" advanced in the direction of the Dunker Church. When 135 yards North of this point Confederates under cover of the ledge and woods West . . . — Map (db m6132) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 110 — First Army Corps — Patrick's Brigade, Doubleday's Division |
| | U.S.A. First Army Corps, Patrick's Brigade, Doubleday's Division, Brigadier General M.R. Patrick, Commanding. Organization. 21st, 23d, 35th and 80th New York Infantry. (September 17, 1862.) Early in the morning of the 17th, Patrick's Brigade advanced through the North Woods and field east of the Hagerstown Pike and into Miller's cornfield in support of Gibbon's Brigade. When Gibbon's right deployed on the plateau and in the woods west of the Pike, Patrick crossed the Pike 230 yards north of . . . — Map (db m6162) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 5 — First Army Corps — Patrick's Brigade, Doubleday's Division |
| | U.S.A. First Army Corps Patrick's Brigade, Doubleday's Division, Brigadier General M.R. Patrick, commanding. Organization. 21st, 23d, 35th and 80th New York Infantry. (September 17, 1862.) Patrick's Brigade formed line north of Joseph Poffenberger's at 5/30 a.m. and advanced on the east of the Hagerstown Pike in support of Gibbon's Brigade. The 80th New York was sent to support Battery B, 4th U.S. Artillery, 130 yards south of Miller's barn, and the 23d moved into the field west of this . . . — Map (db m6169) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 32 — First Army Corps — Phelps' Brigade, Doubleday's Division |
| | U.S.A. First Army Corps, Phelps' Brigade, Doubleday's Division, Col. Walter Phelps, 22d New York Infantry, Commanding. Organization. 22d, 24th, 30th and 84th New York Infantry, And 2d U.S. Sharpshooters, (September 17, 1862.) Phelps' Brigade formed line at 5/30 a.m., on September 17, and moved in support of Gibbon's Brigade. When Gibbon deployed, 135 yards north of this in the cornfield and on the plateau west of the Hagerstown Pike, Phelps' Brigade, (425 officers and men) halted 25 paces . . . — Map (db m6854) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 89 — First Brigade, Cavalry Division |
| | U.S.A. First Brigade, Cavalry Division. Major Charles J. Whiting, 2nd U.S. Cavalry, Commanding. Organization. 5th and 6th United States Cavalry. (September 17, 1862.) The Fifth United States Cavalry, Captain Joseph H. McArthur commanding, crossed the middle bridge over the Antietam shortly before noon and took position on the right of the road, its left resting at this point, in support to the Artillery in its front. It was withdrawn across the creek late in the day. The Sixth United . . . — Map (db m7018) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — First Methodist Cemetery |
| | The First Methodist Church in Sharpsburg acquired this property in 1819 and built a small, brick church here. The first burial was in 1828. This church was torn down when the congregation built a new church at 125 West Main Street in 1857. — Map (db m7338) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — First New Jersey Brigade |
| | 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th Infantry and Hexamer's Battery September 17, 1862 ———————— This stone marks the right of the Brigade when a little after noon, it was formed to charge the woods north of the Dunkard Church. The order was countermanded and the Brigade moved as short distance to the left to support the corps artillery, soon after which Hexamer's Battery engaged and silenced the Confederate artillery at the Dunkard Church. — Map (db m5774) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — First New Jersey Brigade |
| | 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th Infantry and Hexamer’s Battery
September 17, 1862 ————— The Brigade arrived upon this field from Crampton's Pass about noon, and was formed for a charge upon the Confederate line just north of the Dunkard Church. The order for the charge was countermanded, and the Brigade took position across this road in support of the 6th Corps Artillery. The right of the Brigade in the woods north of the road, the left in the open field south, where it . . . — Map (db m6025) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 86 — Fourth United States Infantry |
| | Fourth United States Infantry. The Fourth United States Infantry, Captain Hiram Dryer commanding, crossing the Antietam between 2 and 3 p.m. of September 17, 1862, advanced to with in a few feet of this point; three companies under command of Lieut. C.H. Charlton were deployed as skirmishers and moving over the high ground in the direction of Sharpsburg became sharply engaged with those of the enemy. The skirmishers were withdrawn about sunset and shortly after, the regiment retired across . . . — Map (db m7083) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 40 — French's Division, Second Army Corps |
| | U.S.A. French's Division, Second Army Corps, Brig. Gen. William H. French, Commanding. September 17, 1862. French's Division crossed the Antietam at Pry's Ford about 8:30 a.m. and marched in columns by brigades, Kimball on the right, Morris in the center, and Weber on the left. After advancing about one mile the division faced to the left, passed through the meadows to Roulette's House, near which it encountered the enemy and pushed them back to the Bloody Lane, where its advance was . . . — Map (db m6958) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — Gen. Robert E. Lee, CSA |
| | Army of Northern Virginia
General Lee led his troops along this road into Sharpsburg on September 15, 1862. Outmanned 2-1 he would outmaneuver the Federals on the 17th. Although hoping for a decisive victory Lee had to settle for a military draw. Robert E. Lee was personally against secession and slavery, but decided his duty was to fight for his home and the universal right of every people to self-determination. — Map (db m5639) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — General Edward Braddock |
| | General Edward Braddock in April 1755 (driven in his coach and six horses) crossed into Virginia near this point on his way to Fort Cumberland, after ten days’ conference with Benjamin Franklin and others in Frederick, Md., arranging for teams and supplies for the expedition to Fort Duquesne. — Map (db m1966) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — Georgia Confederate Soldiers |
| | We sleep here in obedience to law; When duty called, we came. when country called, we died. — Map (db m5667) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 117 — Greene's Division, Twelfth Army Corps |
| | U.S.A. Greene's Division, Twelfth Army Corps, Brig. Gen. Geo. S. Greene, Commanding, (September 17, 1862.) Tyndale's and Stainrook's Brigades of Greene's Division formed line about 8 a.m., a short distance beyond the East Woods and, advancing to their eastern edge, struck the right of the Confederate line at and north of this point, turned it after a short and sharp contest and compelled the Confederate forces north of the Smoketown Road and east of the Hagerstown Pike to withdraw to the . . . — Map (db m5792) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 51 — Greene's Division, Twelfth Army Corps |
| | U.S.A. Greene's Division, Twelfth Army Corps. Brig. Gen. George Greene, Commanding. (September 17, 1862.) Greene's Division having turned the enemy's right in the East Woods advanced against the Confederate infantry north and east of this point, which retired to the woods west of the Hagerstown Pike. Greene pressed forward in pursuit through the East Woods and across Mumma's Fields to the ridge a few yards east of this point, where he halted to replenish ammunition. With the assistance of . . . — Map (db m6335) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 48 — Greene's Division, Twelfth Army Corps. |
| | U.S.A. Greene's Division, Twelfth Army Corps. Brig. Gen. George S. Greene, Commanding. September 17, 1862. Greene's Division crossed the Antietam, by the Upper Bridge, about midnight of the 16th and bivouacked on the Hoffman Farm. On the morning of the 17th, it followed Williams' Division, west of this road, and formed line about 8 a.m. a short distance north-west of this point. The Division then advanced in line of battle, Tyndale on the right and Stainrook on the left of this road, and . . . — Map (db m5993) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — Grove Farm — A Visit from the President — Antietam Campaign 1862 |
| | At the time of the bloody Battle of Antietam on September 17, 1862, this house was the home of Stephen P. Grove, and this was his farm. The Federal Army of the Potomac camped throughout the area after the battle; the Grove house became the headquarters of Gen. Fitz-John Porter, commander of the V Corps. When the fighting ended on September 17, both armies suffered from exhaustion and shock. Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee reacted first, withdrawing the Army of Northern Virginia across the . . . — Map (db m1969) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — Grove House |
| | The Historic Grove House
The meeting place of Robert E. Lee and his generals on the night of September 17, 1862. — Map (db m7574) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 318 — Hampton's Brigade, Stuart's Cavalry Division |
| | C.S.A. Hampton's Brigade, Stuart's Cavalry Division. Brig. Gen. Wade Hampton, Commanding. Organization. 1st North Carolina Cavalry, 2nd Carolina Cavalry, Cobb's Legion, Georgia Cavalry Jeff. Davis Legion. September 17-18, 1862. Hampton's Brigade reached the field on Sept. 17 and took position on the left of Jackson's Command. Occupying with Lee's Brigade, a line extending from the left of the Confederate infantry to the Potomac River. — Map (db m6177) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — Headquarters Site Gen. R.E. Lee |
| | C.S.A.
On this site in an oak grove from Sept. 15 to Sept. 18, 1862, stood the headquarters tent of General Robert E. Lee commanding the Confederate forces. Purchased, restored and marked by the West Virginia Division, United Daughters of the Confederacy Unveiled Sept. 17, 1936. — Map (db m5640) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — Heaps Upon Heaps Were There in Death's Embrace |
| | Confederate Soldier in the 3rd Alabama Infantry (1) Within the first few hours of the battle, Gen. D.H. Hill sent more than half of his 5,000 soldiers to reinforce the northern end of the Confederate line. Of the two brigades that remained in the lane, one was commanded by Gen. Robert Rodes and the other by Gen. G.B. Anderson. Combined, they numbered about 2,200 men. (2) The first Federal soldiers to attack the Sunken Road were Gen. William H. French's troops. At approximately 9:30 a.m., . . . — Map (db m20744) 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 — 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 — 310 — Hood's Division, Longstreet's Command |
| | C.S.A. Hood's Division, Longstreet's Command, Brigadier General John B. Hood, Commanding. (September 17, 1862.) About 7 a.m. of the 17th, Hood's Division moved out of the woods surrounding the Dunkard Church, crossed the Hagerstown Pike a few yards north of the church and, advancing in a northly direction, relieved the Brigades of Lawton, Hays and Trimble of Ewell's Division, and became heavily engaged with troops of the First Corps Army of the Potomac. Its left Brigade (Wofford's) rested . . . — Map (db m5659) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 327 — Hood's Division, Longstreet's Command |
| | C.S.A. Hood's Division, Longstreet's Command. Brig. Gen. John B. Hood, Commanding. (September 16, 1862.) On the afternoon of September 16, Hood's Division was in the fields east of the Dunkard Church. On the approach of the First (Hooker's) Corps, Army of the Potomac, the Division moved to the left and formed line, its left on the Hagerstown Pike and extending along the south edge of Miller's cornfield and into the East Woods. The 4th Texas, of Woffords' Brigade, deployed as skirmishers . . . — Map (db m5660) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 309 — Hood's Division, Longstreet's Command |
| | C.S.A. Hood's Division, Longstreet's Command, Brig. Gen. John B. Hood, Commanding. September 15-16, 1862. Hood's Division withdrew from its position on South Mountain and marched to Sharpsburg during the night of September 14, acting as rear guard to the Army of Northern Virginia. It reached this point at about noon of the 15th. During the afternoon it was moved to a position in the fields east of the Dunkard Church. At nightfall of the 16th a portion of the division became engaged with . . . — Map (db m7242) 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 — 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) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — I Found the Enemy in Great Force |
| | About 9:30 a.m. the battle started to shift from the north end of the battlefield toward the Sunken Road, 180 yards to your right (south). Two divisions from the Union Second Corps moved across the Mumma and Roulette farm fields in front of you. Initially, over 5,000 soldiers commanded by Gen. William H. French assaulted the Confederate position. French, who was ordered "to press the enemy" with all of his force, locked into a bloody and costly struggle against Confederates positioned in the . . . — Map (db m20716) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — Indiana State Monument |
| | 7th Infantry 14th Infantry 19th Infantry 27th Infantry 3d Cavalry Indiana — Map (db m6054) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — Irish Brigade |
| | (Right Side): Formed in November, 1861, the Brigade was largely recruited in New York, Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania. Its initial regiments were the 69th, 88th, and 63rd New York State Volunteers. Other units identified as part of the Brigade included the 29th Massachusetts, 116th Pennsylvania, and 28th Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Regiments. The Brigade fought in all of the major campaigns of the Army of the Potomac. It lost over 4,000 men during the war. This total is larger than . . . — Map (db m5480) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 383 — Jackson's Command — Hays' Brigade, Ewell's Division |
| | C.S.A. Jackson's Command. Hays' Brigade, Ewell's Division, Brigadier General Harry T. Hays, Commanding. Organization. 5th, 6th, 7th, 8th and 14th Louisiana Infantry. (September 17, 1862.) On the night of September 16, Hays' Brigade bivouacked in the woods northwest of the Dunkard Church. Soon after daylight of the 17th, with about 550 men, it moved through the woods, crossed the Hagerstown Pike 120 yards north of the Church and advanced eastward to fill a gap between the Brigades of Lawton . . . — Map (db m5662) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 343 — Jackson's Command — Lawton's Brigade, Ewell's Division |
| | C.S.A. Jackson's Command. Lawton's Brigade, Ewell's Division. Col. M. Dougass, 13th Georgia Infantry, Commanding. Organization. 13th, 26th, 31st, 38th, 60th, and 61st Georgia Infantry. (September 16-17, 1862.) At 10 p.m., of the 16th, Lawton's Brigade advanced from its position west of the Dunkard Church and relieved Wofford's Brigade of Hood's Division in the fields south of the cornfield and east of the Hagerstown Pike. Skirmishers were thrown forward into the south edge of the cornfield. . . . — Map (db m5688) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 337 — Jackson's Command — Ripley's Brigade, D.H. Hill's Division |
| | C.S.A. Jackson's Command, Ripley's Brigade, D.H. Hill's Division, Brigadier General R.S. Ripley, Commanding. Organization. 1st and 3rd North Carolina, 4th and 44th Georgia Infantry. (Septemer 17, 1862.) Late in the afternoon of September 16, Ripley's Brigade moved from the right of the division line near the Boonsboro Pike and bivouacked a short distance south of Mumma's House. Early in the morning of the 17th it formed in support of Trimble's Brigade and moved past the burning Mumma . . . — Map (db m5716) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 339 — Jackson's Command — Colquitt's Brigade, D.H. Hill's Division |
| | C.S.A. Jackson's Command. Colquitt's Brigade, D.H. Hill's Division. Col. A.H. Colquitt, 6th Georgia Infantry, Commanding. Organization. 6th Georgia Infantry, 23d Georgia Infantry 27th Georgia Infantry 28th Georgia Infantry 13th Alabama Infantry. September 17, 1862. Colquitt's Brigade formed line, soon after sunrise, south-west of Mumma's House, in support of Trimble and Ripley. It followed Ripley across the Smoketown Road and formed on his right. After a severe engagement, involving heavy . . . — Map (db m5773) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 340 — Jackson's Command — Garland's Brigade, D.H. Hill's Division |
| | C.S.A. Jackson's Command, Garland's Brigade, D.H. Hill's Division, Col. D.K. McRae, 5th North Carolina, Commanding. Organization. 5th, 12th, 13th, 20th, and 23d North Carolina Infantry. (September 17, 1862.) On the night of September 16, Garland's Brigade bivouacked in the fields south east of Roulette's House. Early on the 17th, it moved to the support of Ripley and Colquitt and, crossing the Smoketown Road a few feet east of this point, made effort to form on Colquitt's right, but was . . . — Map (db m5793) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 341 — Jackson's Command — Trimble's Brigade, Ewell's Division |
| | U.S.A. Jackson's Command. Trimble's Brigade, Ewell's Division. Col. James A. Walker, 13th Virginia Infantry, Commanding. Organization. 15th Alabama Infantry, 12th Georgia Infantry, 21st Georgia Infantry, 21st North Carolina Battalion. September 16-17, 1862. At 10 p.m. of the 16th, Trimble's Brigade advanced from the Dunkard Church Woods and relieved Law's Brigade of Hood's Division at this point. The right of the Brigade rested on the Cemetery, the left of the rocky ledge 100 yards north of . . . — Map (db m6033) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 376 — Jackson's Command — Taliaferro's Brigade, Jackson's Division |
| | C.S.A. Jackson's Command. Taliaferro's Brigade, Jackson's Division, Colonel J.W. Jackson, 47th Alabama, Commanding. Organization. 47th, and 48th Alabama and 10th, 23d, and 37th Virginia Infantry. (September 16-17, 1862.) On the evening of September 16, Taliferro's Brigade formed in the second line perpendicular to this road, its right resting at this point on the left of Starke. When the first line, composed of the brigades of Jones and Winder, was forced back early in the morning of the . . . — Map (db m6264) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 375 — Jackson's Command — Starke's Brigade, Jackson's Division |
| | C.S.A. Jackson's Command, Starke's Brigade, Jackson's Division Brig. Gen. William E. Starke, Commanding. Organization. 1st, 2nd, 9th, 10th, and 15th Louisiana Infantry, Coppen's (Louisiana) Battalion. (September 16-17, 1862.) On the evening of September 16th, Starke's Brigade formed line perpendicular to this road, on the left of Taliaferro's. When the brigades of Jones and Winder were forced back, on the morning of the 17th, this brigade advanced with Taliaferro's and the rallied brigades, . . . — Map (db m6266) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 315 — Jackson's Command |
| | C.S.A. Jackson's Command Major General Thomas J. Jackson, Commanding. (September 17, 1862.) Jackson's Command was in order of battle at 5:30 a.m. Jackson's Division, commanded by J.R. Jones, in two lines, its right resting on the Hagerstown Turnpike 230 yards north of this. Early's and Hay's Brigades of Ewell's Division were on the left rear of Jones, and the Brigades of Lawton and Trimble were in the fields between the Hagerstown Turnpike and the East Woods. Jackson's Command was assaulted . . . — Map (db m6276) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 354 — Jackson's Command — Gregg's Brigade, Hill's Light Division |
| | C.S.A. Jackson's Command. Gregg's Brigade, Hill's Light Division, Brigadier General Maxcy Gregg, Commanding. Organization. 1st South Carolina Infantry, (Provisional Army.) 12th, 13th, and 14th South Carolina Infantry, and 1st South Carolina Rifles. (September 17, 1862.) Gregg's Brigade formed line about 3 p.m. in the fields southwest of this and advanced into the southwest corner of the 40 acre cornfield, about 100 yards east of this point, where it encountered and repulsed the advance of . . . — Map (db m6759) 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 — 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 — 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 — 314 — Jackson's Command |
| | C.S.A. Jackson's Command Maj. Gen. Thomas J. Jackson, Commanding. (September 15-16, 1862.) Gen. Jackson, with Ewell's and Jackson's Divisions, left Harpers Ferry late in the afternoon of September 15th, reached Sharpsburg on the morning of the 16th, and, in the afternoon, took position on the left of Longstreet's Command; Jackson's Division formed on the right of the line, which extended from a point on the Hagerstown Pike 250 yards north of the Dunkard Church westerly through the open . . . — Map (db m6909) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 336 — Jackson's Command — Anderson's Brigade, D.H. Hill's Division |
| | C.S.A. Jackson's Command, Anderson's Brigade, D.H. Hill's Division. Brigadier General Geo. B. Anderson, Commanding. Organization. 2d, 4th, 14th, and 30th North Carolina Infantry. (September 17, 1862.) On the night of September 16, 1862, Anderson's Brigade bivouacked on either side of the Boonsboro Turnpike near the end of the ravine and Piper's Cornfield to and beyond this point, but being forced back, formed line a few feet north of this on the right of Rodes' Brigade. It withstood several . . . — Map (db m6962) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 379 — Jackson's Command — Early's Brigade, Ewell's Division |
| | C.S.A. Jackson's Command. Early's Brigade, Ewell's Division. Brig. Gen. Jubal A. Early, Commanding. Organization. 13th 25th 31st 44th 49th 52d & 58th Virginia Infantry. September 17-18, 1862. No.2. After supporting Jackson's Division in repulsing the right of the First Army Corps on the plateau west of the Hagerstown Pike, Early's Brigade, moving through the West Woods and along their western edge to this point, advanced east and, in co-operation with portions of McLaws' Division, drove the . . . — Map (db m7195) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 378 — Jackson's Command — Early's Brigade, Ewell's Division |
| | C.S.A. Jackson's Command. Early's Brigade, Ewell's Division. Brig. Gen. Jubal A. Early, Commanding. Organization. 13th 25th 31st 44th 49th 52d & 58th Virginia Infantry. September 16-17, 1862. No.1. On the night of the 16th, Early's Brigade bivouacked in the farm lane on the left of Jackson's Division and in the Dunkard Church woods, between this point and the church. At dawn of the 17th, the Brigade moved nearly a mile northwest to support Stuart's Cavalry Division and some batteries of . . . — Map (db m7204) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 335 — Jackson's Command — Winder's Brigade, Jackson's Division |
| | C.S.A. Jackson's Command Winder's Brigade, Jackson's Division Col. A.J. Grigsby, 27th Virginia Infantry, Commanding. Organization. 2d Virginia Infantry 4th Virginia Infantry 5th Virginia Infantry 27th Virginia Infantry 33d Virginia Infantry September 16-17, 1862. On the evening of September 16, Winder's Brigade formed line perpendicular to this road, its right resting at this point, its left 130 yards west connecting with Jones' Brigade. In this position these brigades were assaulted by the . . . — Map (db m10982) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 342 — Jackson's Command — Hays' Brigade, Ewell's Division |
| | C.S.A. Jackson's Command. Hays' Brigade, Ewell's Division. Brig. Gen. Harry T. Hays, Commanding. Organization. 5th Louisiana Infantry, 6th Louisiana Infantry, 7th Louisiana Infantry, 8th Louisiana Infantry, 14th Louisiana Infantry. September 16-17, 1862. Hays' Brigade encamped on the night of the 16th in the woods northwest of the Dunkard Church. Soon after daylight of the 17th, it advanced and, near this point, crossed the Hagerstown Road to fill an interval between the brigades of Lawton . . . — Map (db m51003) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 381 — Jackson's Division, Jackson's Command |
| | C.S.A. Jackson's Division, Jackson's Command. Brigadier General J.R. Jones, Commanding. Organization. Winder's Brigade, Col. A.J. Grigsby, 27th Virginia Commanding. Jone's Brigade, Capt. John E. Penn, 42nd Virginia Commanding. Taliaferro's Brigade, Col. J.W. Jackson, 47th Alabama, Commanding. Starke's Brigade, Brig. Gen. W.E. Starke, Commanding. (September 16, 1862.) Late in the afternoon of the 16th, Jackson's Division formed in two lines west of the Hagerstown Pike, the right resting on . . . — Map (db m6150) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 382 — Jackson's Division, Jackson's Command |
| | (Main Tablet):C.S.A. Jackson's Division, Jackson's Command. Brigadier General J.R. Jones, Commanding. (September 17, 1862.) Early in the morning of the 17,th while in the position taken the evening before, Jackson's Division was subjected to a heavy fire of artillery from light batteries in its front, which was replied to by the batteries of the division, Poague's, Carpenter's, Brockenbrough's, Raine's, Caskie's and Wooding's. Heavy guns beyond the Antietam enfiladed the division . . . — Map (db m6152) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — John Brown |
| | and his associates collected arms and ammunition on the Kennedy Farm (Samples Manor) in Maryland for months prior to the raid on the arsenal at Harpers Ferry, October 17, 1859 — Map (db m1988) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — John Lemuel Stetson |
| | Here fell in the foremost of the advance of Sumner's Second Corps John Lemuel Stetson * of * Plattsburgh, New York Lieut. Col. of the 59th New York 1862 - Volunteers - 1919 — Map (db m6272) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — Johnny Cook |
| | At the Battle of Antietam, 15-year-old Johnny Cook was the bugler for Battery B, Fourth United States Artillery. During the Union First Corps attack down the Hagerstown Pike, forty of the battery's one hundred men were killed or wounded. Johnny became a cannoneer and loaded double canister to stop the Confederate counterattack. For his bravery, Johnny Cook was awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. His citation read: "Volunteered to act as a cannoneer, and as such volunteer served a gun under a terrific fire of the enemy." — Map (db m5815) 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 — 59 — Kanawha Division, Ninth Corps |
| | U.S.A. Kanawha Division, Ninth Corps. Col. E.P. Scammon, 23d Ohio Infantry, Commanding. September 16-17, 1862. On the evening of September 16th the Kanawha Division was on the ridge east of the Antietam; Crook's Brigade north of the Burnside Bridge, Ewing's Brigade southeast of it. On the morning of the 17th Crook's Brigade, preceded by the 11th Connecticut of Harland's Brigade, Rodman's division, attempted to carry the Burnside Bridge but failed. About 2:00 p.m. Crook crossed the bridge . . . — Map (db m6599) 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 — Kennedy Farm — Staging and Planning John Brown's Harpers Ferry Raid |
| | This is the Kennedy farmhouse, which abolitionist John Brown (using the pseudonym Isaac Smith) leased in July 1859 from Dr. Robert Kennedy's heirs, ostensibly to do some prospecting. Brown's fifteen-year-old daughter, Annie Brown, identified the Kennedy Farm as "Headquarters: War Department." It served as a barracks, arsenal, supply depot, mess hall, debate club, and home to Brown and his fellow conspirators to plan their attack on the U.S. Arsenal at Harpers Ferry, five miles away. Brown's . . . — Map (db m20735) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 319 — Lee's Brigade, Stuart's Cavalry Division |
| | C.S.A. Lee's Brigade, Stuart's Cavalry Division, Brig. Gen. Fitzhugh Lee, Commanding. Organization. 1st, 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 9th Virginia Cavalry. (September 15-19, 1862.) The 3rd, 4th and 9th Virginia Cavalry of Lee's Brigade reached the field late in the after noon of the 15th and took position on the extreme left of the Confederate Army. The 5th Cavalry, detached from the Brigade September 11, formed on the extreme right of the Army on the evening of the 15th, and, on the morning of the . . . — Map (db m6175) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 367 — Longstreet's Command — Manning's Brigade, Walker's Division |
| | C.S.A. Longstreet's Command Manning's Brigade, Walker's Division Colonel Van H. Manning, 3d Arkansas Infantry, Commanding. Organization 3d Arkansas Infantry 48th North Carolina Infantry 27th North Carolina Infantry 30th Virginia Infantry 46th North Carolina Infantry French's (Va.) Battery (September 17, 1862) Manning's Brigade reached Sharpsburg on the afternoon of September 16, and was held in reserve until daybreak of the 17th, when it took position opposite Snavely's Ford on the . . . — Map (db m5463) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 388 — Longstreet's Command — Manning's Brigade, Walker's Division |
| | C.S.A Longstreet's Command Manning's Brigade, Walker's Division Col. Van H. Manning, Commanding Organization 3d Arkansas, 30th Virginia, 27th, 46th and 48th North Carolina September 17, 1862 About 10:20 A.M. the 30th Virginia, 46th and 48th North Carolina charged from the woods beyond the Dunkard Church to capture Tompkins' Rhode Island Battery, on the high ground east of the Church. The 30th Virginia crossed the road at this point, filed to the right across the two fences of the Smoketown . . . — Map (db m5465) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 330 — Longstreet's Command — Law's Brigade, Hood's Division |
| | C.S.A. Longstreet's Command, Law's Brigade, Hood's Division, Colonel E.M. Law, 4th Alabama, Commanding, Organization. 4th Alabama Infantry, 2nd Mississippi Infantry, 6th North Carolina Infantry, 11th Mississippi Infantry. (September 17, 1862.) Law's Brigade advanced from the woods at the Dunkard Church at 7 a.m., and relieved Trimble's Brigade across the Smoketown Road south of this point. Gradually gaining ground to the left, of it center on open ground and its right in the East Woods, it . . . — Map (db m5786) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 329 — Longstreet's Command — Law's Brigade, Hood's Division |
| | C.S.A. Longstreet's Command. Law's Brigade, Hood's Division. Col. E.M. Law, 4th Alabama Infantry, Commanding. Organization. 4th Alabama Infantry, 6th North Carolina Infantry, 2nd Mississippi Infantry, 11th Mississippi Infantry. September 16, 1862. On the evening of the 16th Law's Brigade advanced from the field in front of the Dunkard Church to a position in the East Woods, on either side of the Smoketown Road, where it supported the skirmishers of Wofford's Brigade in resisting the advance . . . — Map (db m5811) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 359 — Longstreet's Command — Semmes' Brigade, McLaws' Division |
| | C.S.A. Longstreet's Command. Semmes' Brigade, McLaws' Division. Brig. Gen. Paul J. Semmes, Commanding. Organization. 10th Georgia Infantry, 53rd Georgia Infantry, 15th Virginia Infantry, 32d Virginia Infantry, September 17, 1862. Semmes' Brigade reached the Western suburbs of Sharpsburg at sunrise of the 17th and halted until nearly 9 a.m. when it advanced across the fields, in support of Stuart's Cavalry, north and west of Hauser's House. In the general advance of McLaws' Division it was . . . — Map (db m6180) 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 — 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 — 347 — Longstreet's Command — Drayton's Brigade, Jones' Division |
| | C.S.A. Longstreet's Command, Drayton's Brigade, Jones' Division Brig. Gen. Thomas F. Drayton, Commanding. Organization. 50th Georgia Infantry, 51st Georgia Infantry, 15th South Carolina Infantry, (September 15-17, 1862.) Drayton's Brigade reached Sharpsburg about 11 a.m., September 15th, and was posted on the southwest slope of Cemetery Hill. Last in the day it was moved to the rear of the high ground northwest of this point and formed on the left of Kemper's Brigade. On the 16th the 50th . . . — Map (db m6597) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 346 — Longstreet's Command — Kemper's Brigade, D.R. Jones' Division |
| | C.S.A. Longstreet's Command. Kemper's Brigade, D.R. Jones' Division, Brig. Gen. James L. Kemper, Commanding. Organization. 1st, 7th, 11th, 17th and 24th Virginia Infantry. (September 15-17, 1862.) Kemper's Brigade reached Sharpsburg about noon September 15th and took position on Cemetery Hill. In the afternoon the Brigade moved to the ravine about 520 yards north west of this. At noon of the 17th, the 7th and 24th regiments were sent down the Harper's Ferry road about 520 and 850 yards . . . — Map (db m6602) 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 — 387 — Longstreet's Command — Kershaw's Brigade, McLaws' Division |
| | C.S.A. Longstreet's Command. Kershaw's Brigade, McLaws' Division Brig. Gen. J.B. Kershaw, commanding. Organization. 2d, 3d, 7th, and 8th South Carolina Infantry's (September 17, 1862.) About 9:45 a.m. the 2d, 7th, and 8th South Carolina of Kershaw's Brigade charged out of the woods and across this road upon Tompkins' Rhode Island Battery on the ridge about 220 yards east of this. The charge was repulsed by the battery and Green's Division of infantry, and the brigade fell back beyond the . . . — Map (db m6892) HM |
| Maryland (Washington County), Sharpsburg — 361 — Longstreet's Command — Kershaw's Brigade, McLaws' Division |
| | C.S.A. Longstreet's Command. Kershaw's Brigade, McLaws' Division. Brig. Gen. J.B. Kershaw, Commanding. Organization. 2d South Carolina Infantry, 7th South Carolina Infantry, 3d South Carolina Infantry, 8th South Carolina Infantry. September 17, 1862. Kershaw's Brigade crossed the Potomac at Blackford's Ford about daybreak of the 17th and halted in the western suburbs of Sharpsburg until nearly 9 a.m., when it crossed the fields and took position in the open ground southwest of the Dunkard . . . — Map (db m6906) HM |
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