Near Sharpsburg in Washington County, Maryland — The American Northeast (Mid-Atlantic)

1st Battery Ohio Light Artillery

Photographed by Craig Swain, March 29, 2008

1. 1st Battery, Ohio Light Artillery Monument

Inscription. Ohio
1st Battery
Light Artillery
Commanded by
Capt. James R. McMullin
Hugh Ewings (1st) Brig.
Kanawha Division
Ninth Army Corps
Army of the Potomac
This battery occupied position about 250 yards due west of this.

Erected 1903 by State of Ohio.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil.

Location. 39° 26.821′ N, 77° 43.55′ W. Memorial is near Sharpsburg, Maryland, in Washington County. It is on Burnside Bridge Road, on the right when traveling north. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Sharpsburg MD 21782, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in the Baltimore Metro Region

and in Western Maryland.

It is also in the American Mid-Atlantic,

in Appalachia,

and specifically in Northern Appalachia. Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once one of the original Thirteen Colonies.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker:

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As The Georgians Saw It (approx. ¼ mile away); 11th Connecticut Volunteer Infantry (approx. 0.3 miles away); Ninth Army Corps (approx. 0.3 miles away); Eleventh Connecticut Infantry (approx. 0.3 miles away); U.S. Geological Survey Streamflow-Gaging Station (approx. 0.3 miles away); a different marker also named Ninth Army Corps (approx. 0.4 miles away); Sturgis's Division, Ninth Army Corps (approx. 0.4 miles away); Fifty-First New York Infantry (approx. 0.4 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Sharpsburg.

Another marker is no longer nearby. As the Georgians Saw It (was approx. 0.3 miles away but has been reported to have been replaced with another marker now near it).

Also see . . . 1st Battery Ohio Light Artillery Monument. National Park Service page detailing monument. (Submitted on March 31, 2008, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia.)

Photographed by Craig Swain, March 29, 2008

2. 1st Battery, Ohio Light Artillery Monument

The monument stands just outside of the official park boundary, to the southeast of Burnside Bridge.

Artillery Positions image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Craig Swain

3. Artillery Positions

Prior to the battle, several IX Corps batteries were posted on this ridge line just north of the N. Rohrbach farm. The ridge is just outside of the park boundary and to the east of Burnside Bridge Road. On the morning of the battle, McMullen's and C.P. Muhlenburg's Batteries were positioned here.

Credits. This page was last revised on February 26, 2026. It was originally submitted on March 31, 2008, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia. This page has been viewed 1,191 times since then and 20 times this year. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on March 31, 2008, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia. 3. submitted on April 1, 2008, by Craig Swain of Leesburg, Virginia.