Israel Friend in 1727 secured a deed from the Indian chiefs of the Five Nations. Beginning “at the mouth of Andietum Creek thence up the Potomack River 200 shoots as fur as an arrow can be slung out of a bow” thence “100 shoots . . . — — Map (db m1972) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m3206) HM
In June 1864, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee sent Gen. Jubal A. Early's corps from the Richmond battlefield to the Shenandoah Valley to counter Union Gen. David Hunter's army. After driving Hunter into West Virginia, Early invaded Maryland . . . — — Map (db m169873) HM
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
In Memoriam
To the Provisional Army of the United States of America
and their presence at Kennedy Farm the Summer of 1859
John Brown, 59, Hanged
Annie Brown, 16, Sent Home
Martha Brown, 17, Sent Home
John Henry Kagi, 24, Killed . . . — — Map (db m151957) HM
Kennedy Farm
Has Been Designated a
National
Historic Landmark
This site possesses National significance in commemorating the history of the United States of America
1974
National Park Service
United States Department of the . . . — — Map (db m151983) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m169872) HM
Mercersville was named for Charles Fenton Mercer, who served as the first president of the Chesapeake and Ohio Canal Company from June 1828 through June 1833. Mr. Mercer, from Loudoun County, Virginia, also served as a member of the U.S. House of . . . — — Map (db m95690) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m6184) HM
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. . . . — — Map (db m20659) HM
Before the Battle of Antietam, President Abraham Lincoln 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 . . . — — Map (db m6293) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m5813) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m5902) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m6802) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m5903) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m5496) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m6267) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m5495) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m6973) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m6449) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m6459) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m6268) HM
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!" . . . — — Map (db m5812) HM
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. . . . — — Map (db m6212) HM
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 morning, I will give him battle again." Lee stayed at Antietam one more . . . — — Map (db m6519) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m6368) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m6520) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m6350) HM
After the battle over 4,000 bodies were buried in mass graves, along rock outcroppings, and in farmers' fields. Many more soldiers died of wounds or disease. The peaceful village of Sharpsburg was turned into a huge hospital and burial ground, an . . . — — Map (db m157772) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m6513) HM
(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 . . . — — Map (db m5691) HM
This cast iron rifle with its band of wrought iron reinforcing the breech was a modern weapon of the day. It was effective at moderately long range. The 20-pounder, similar except for size, was the heaviest rifled cannon used at Antietam. — — Map (db m67864) HM
(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. . . . — — Map (db m6416) HM
(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 . . . — — Map (db m59120) HM
(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 . . . — — Map (db m6785) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m6134) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m6903) HM
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
(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 . . . — — Map (db m7116) HM
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 - . . . — — Map (db m5969) HM
(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 . . . — — Map (db m6916) HM
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
(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. . . . — — Map (db m7215) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m1967) HM
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. . . . — — Map (db m1970) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m67693) HM
(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 . . . — — Map (db m6799) HM
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 Seymour's skirmishers; one regiment was in second line, in the open . . . — — Map (db m5905) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m207972) HM
(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. . . . — — Map (db m6453) HM
(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 . . . — — Map (db m6669) HM
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
OHIO 28th Infantry Commanded by Lieut. Col. Gottfried 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 . . . — — Map (db m155756) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m207974) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m6463) HM
(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 . . . — — Map (db m6685) HM
(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 . . . — — Map (db m6902) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m6455) HM
(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 . . . — — Map (db m6518) HM
This was one of the most accurate weapons used here. It was preferred over the heavier 10-pounder Parrott which fired the same size ammunition. — — Map (db m67862) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m7219) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m6857) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m5912) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m11424) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m6792) HM
(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, . . . — — Map (db m7282) WM
(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 . . . — — Map (db m58219) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m6274) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m5487) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m17622) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m5900) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m5654) HM
(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 . . . — — Map (db m5493) HM
(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 . . . — — Map (db m5919) HM
(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, . . . — — Map (db m6778) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m20575) HM
"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, . . . — — Map (db m20624) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m168291) HM
An estimated 100,000 US and Confederate soldiers clashed at Antietam on September 17, 1862. During the battle, Sergeant William H. Paul, Company E, 90th Pennsylvania Infantry, put his life on the line to recapture his unit's fallen flag.
He . . . — — Map (db m231979) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m20715) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m20591) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m20742) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m60705) HM
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
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