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Confederate Monuments at Antietam
 
By Bill Coughlin, November 8, 2006
Lee's Headquarters Marker
SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
1 ► 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 . . . — — Map (db m5640) HM
2 ► 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
3 ► 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 . . . — — Map (db m158373) HM
4 ► 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
5 ► Maryland, Washington County, Keedysville — Texas —
Remembers the valor and devotion of her sons who served at Sharpsburg September 16-17, 1862 Here in the Cornfield, early on the morning of September 17 the Texas Brigade helped blunt the attack of elements of Mansfield's Union Corps almost . . . — — Map (db m5244) HM WM
6 ► 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 . . . — — Map (db m6270) HM
7 ► Maryland, Washington County, Sharpsburg — 1st Maryland Artillery (CSA) —
. . . — — Map (db m6875) HM
8 ► 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 . . . — — Map (db m59120) HM
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Nov. 13, 2026