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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Sharpsburg, Maryland
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U.S.A. Ninth Army Corps Brig. Gen. Jacob D. Cox, Commanding. September 15-16, 1862. The Ninth Corps moved from Fox's Gap in South Mountain by the Sharpsburg Road, on the morning of September 15 and in the evening encamped in rear of the extreme . . . — — Map (db m6446) HM
U.S.A. Ninth Army Corps. Brig. Gen. Jacob D. Cox, Commanding. September 17, 1862. On the morning of the 17th, Durell's Battery D, Pennsylvania Light Artillery took position on the ridge to the right of Benjamin's and both engaged the Confederate . . . — — Map (db m6447) HM
U.S.A. Ninth Army Corps. Fairchild's Brigade, Rodman's Division. Col. H.S. Fairchild, 89th New York Infantry, Commanding. Organization. 9th New York Infantry (Hawkins' Zouaves), 89th New York Infantry, 103d New York Infantry. (September 17, . . . — — Map (db m6609) HM
U.S.A. Ninth Army Corps Ferrero's Brigade, Sturgis' Division. Brigadier General Edward Ferrero, Commanding. Organization. 51st New York Infantry, 51st Pennsylvania Infantry. 21st and 35th Massachusetts Infantry. September 17, 1862. On the . . . — — Map (db m6444) HM
(Main Tablet): U.S.A. Ninth Army Corps. Brig. Gen. J.D. Cox, Commanding. September 17, 1862. On the morning of the 17th, the Ninth Army Corps was in position behind the ridges on the east bank of the Antietam. At 1 p.m., Sturgis' . . . — — Map (db m6557) HM
To the memory of the Old Dunkard Church The oak tree that stood in front and the Union Civil War Veterans of Sharpsburg, MD. Erected by O.T. Reilly the half-century Antietam battlefield guide. 1927 — — Map (db m6908) HM
From 1800 to 1865 this stone was used as a slave auction block. It has been a famous landmark at this original location for over 150 years. — — Map (db m185589) HM
1861 ——— 1865 Brig. Gen. W. T. H. Brooks Second Division, Sixth Corps Second Regiment Major James H. Walbridge. Third Regiment Major Thomas O. Seaver. Fourth Regiment Lieut. Col. Chas. B. Stroughton. Fifth Regiment Colonel . . . — — Map (db m5632) HM
A day after the Battle of Antietam, Confederate General Robert E. Lee retreated to the safety of the West Virginia (then Virginia) bluffs across the river from here. This was the only good crossing on the river for many miles upstream or downstream. . . . — — Map (db m154202) HM
U.S.A. Patrick's Brigade, First Army Corps. On the night of September 16, 1862, Patrick's Brigade of Doubleday's Division bivouacked in line of battle on the east side of this road, facing west. This tablet marks the left of the brigade line, . . . — — Map (db m5826) HM
Part of A.P. Hill’s Division, Pegram’s battery left Harpers Ferry the morning of the battle. The Virginians crossed the Potomac River and took position here about 4:00. Pegram’s guns fired into the flank of the Union 9th Corps and helped drive . . . — — Map (db m67718) HM
(east or front face):The Philadelphia Brigade fought here September 17, 1862 Loss - 545 men Second Brigade
(north face):The Philadelphia Brigade was mustered into the U.S. Service in 1861 under the first call for 300,000 three . . . — — Map (db m7222) HM
During the fighting in the West Woods, the Philadelphia Brigade, commanded by Gen. O.O. Howard, lost more than 550 men in about twenty minutes of combat. Thirty years later the Philadelphia Brigade Association purchased eleven acres for their . . . — — Map (db m20625) HM
In August 1774, trustees of Sharpsburg's Reformed Church purchased this lot and built their church and school. The first burial was in 1775. In 1833, a new church was built at 117 West Main Street. Burials ceased here in 1883 when Mt. View Cemetery . . . — — Map (db m7337) HM
Gen. David R. Jones, Longstreet's Command (1) Throughout the early hours of the battle, Confederate Gen. Lee moved soldiers from this part of his line north toward the Cornfield and the West Woods. This shift resulted in one division, numbering . . . — — Map (db m20755) HM
C.S.A. Reserve Artillery, Army of Northern Virginia, Brig. Gen. William N. Pendleton, Commanding. September 16-18, 1862. A portion of the Reserve Artillery took part in the battle of September 16-17; The rest was posted at the fords, in the . . . — — Map (db m7231) HM
This marker commemorates the men and women who achieved American independence. These Patriots, believing in the noble cause of liberty, fought valiantly to found a new nation. 1775 – 1783 Presented by Antietam Chapter Daughters of the . . . — — Map (db m246665) HM
U.S.A. Richardson's Division, Second Army Corps, Maj. Gen. Israel B. Richardson, commanding September 17, 1862. Richardson's Division crossed the Antietam at Pry's Ford about 9:30 a.m. and advanced to the ravine behind the high ground . . . — — Map (db m5502) HM
U.S.A. Ricketts' Division, First Army Corps, Brig. Gen. James B. Ricketts, Commanding. September 16, 1862. Ricketts' Division crossed the Antietam at the Sumner Bridge on the afternoon of Sept. 16, and moved in a westerly direction toward the . . . — — Map (db m7189) HM
U.S.A. Ricketts' Division, First Army Corps, Brig. Gen. Jas. B. Ricketts, Commanding. (September 17, 1862.) Rickett's Division moved from its bivouac in the Poffenberger Woods, early in the morning of the 17th. Duryea' Brigade moving south . . . — — Map (db m5704) HM
U.S.A. Ricketts’ Division, First Army Corps, Brig. Gen. James B. Ricketts, Commanding. September 17, 1862. Ricketts’ Division, on the left of the First Corps, formed for attack at 6 a.m., in the following order: Hartsuff’s Brigade in advance, . . . — — Map (db m5934) HM
U.S.A. Rodman's Division, Ninth Army Corps. Brig. Gen. Isaac P. Rodman, Commanding. (September 17, 1862.) At daybreak on the 17th, Rodman's Division, supported by Ewing's Brigade of the Kanawha Division, was in position south east of Burnside . . . — — Map (db m6697) HM
(First Tablet):U.S.A. Second Army Corps. Major General E.V. Sumner, Commanding. (September 17, 1862.) At daybreak of the 17th the three divisions of the 2d Corps were east of the Antietam: Sedgwick's Division moved, crossed the Antietam . . . — — Map (db m6322) HM
U.S.A. Second Army Corps, Gorman's Brigade, Sedgwick's Division, Brig. Gen. Willis A. Gorman, Commanding. Organization. 15th Massachusetts Infantry, 1st Minnesota Infantry, 34th New York Infantry, 82d New York Infantry, Massachusetts . . . — — Map (db m7173) HM
U.S.A. Second Army Corps Dana's Brigade, Sedgwick's Division Brig. Gen. N.J.T. Dana, Commanding. Organization. 19th Massachusetts Infantry, 20th Massachusetts Infantry, 7th Michigan Infantry, 42nd New York Infantry, 59th New York Infantry, . . . — — Map (db m7178) HM
U.S.A. Second Army Corps. Weber's Brigade, French's Division. Brig. Gen. Max Weber, Commanding. Organization. 1st Delaware Infantry, 5th Maryland Infantry, 4th New York Infantry. September 17, 1862. Weber's Brigade, forming the advance of . . . — — Map (db m6956) HM
U.S.A. Second Army Corps. Caldwell's Brigade, Richardson's Division. Brig. General John C. Caldwell, Commanding. Organization 5th New Hampshire, 81st Pennsylvania, 7th, 61st, and 64th New York Infantry. (September 17, 1862) Caldwell's Brigade . . . — — Map (db m5539) HM
U.S.A. Second Army Corps Meagher's Brigade, Richardson's Division, Brig. Gen. Thomas F. Meagher, Commanding Organization 29th Massachusetts Infantry 63rd New York Infantry 69th New York Infantry 88th New York Infantry September 17, 1862 . . . — — Map (db m5521) HM
U.S.A. Second Army Corps, Brooke's Brigade, Richardson's Division Col. John R. Brooke, 53rd Pennsylvania Infantry, Commanding. Organization. 2nd Delaware Infantry, 52nd New York Infantry, 57th New York Infantry, 66th New York Infantry, 53d . . . — — Map (db m5541) HM
U.S.A. Sedgwick's Division, Second Army Corps, Maj. Gen. John Sedgwick, Commanding. September 17, 1862. Sedgwick's Division crossed the Antietam at Pry's Ford at 7:45 a.m. and, advancing from the East Woods in column of Brigades, Gorman's . . . — — Map (db m6050) HM
Early in the morning the 20-pounder Parrott gun batteries of Taft, Langer, von Kleiser and Wever, First New York Artillery, were in position on the ridge east of the Antietam and north of Boonsboro Pike; Battery E (Benjamin's) 2nd U.S. and Battery . . . — — Map (db m5564) HM
The Battle opened at daylight between Hooker's Corps and the Confederate divisions of Jackson and Ewell and raged in the East Woods, in Miller's Cornfield and on either side of the Hagerstown Pike about one third of a mile north of the Dunkard . . . — — Map (db m168212) HM
U.S.A. September 17, 1862 (Continued) French's Division, following Sedgwick across the Antietam, on reaching the East Woods wheeled to the left, drove the Confederate outposts from the Roulette Buildings and about 9:30 a.m., engaged the brigade . . . — — Map (db m168213) HM
The left of the Union line was held by Burnside's (Ninth) Corps. The battle opened there about 10 a.m. by an unsuccessful attempt of the 11th Connecticut Infantry, supported by Crook's Brigade, to carry the stone bridge over the Antietam, about a . . . — — Map (db m5579) HM
"Take me out to the ball game, Take me out with the crowd. Buy me some peanuts and cracker jack, I don't care if I never get back. Let me root, root, root for the home team, If they don't win it's a shame. For it's one, two, three strikes, you're . . . — — Map (db m79052) HM
Native Americans, travelers, and early settlers used this water source long before Joseph Chapline, Sr., chartered Sharpsburg on July 9, 1763. Chapline laid out the town so that the spring was one-half block from the town center. The never-failing . . . — — Map (db m141367) HM
History passed through the town of Shepherdstown for centuries. Native Americans cross the Potowomack River at the ford below the bluffs. German settlers crossed at Packhorse Ford as they emigrated from Pennsylvania into Virginia's Shenandoah . . . — — Map (db m60706) HM
U.S.A. Sixth Army Corps Major General W.B. Franklin, Commanding. (September 17, 1862.) The Sixth Corps marched from its bivouac near Rohersville, in Pleasant Valley, at 5:30 a.m. of the 17th and reached the field shortly before noon. Smith's . . . — — Map (db m5776) HM
U.S.A. Sixth Army Corps Brooks' Brigade, Smith's Division Brig Gen. W.T.H. Brooks, Commanding Organization 2nd, 3rd, 4th, 5th, and 6th Vermont Infantry September 17, 1862 Brooks' Brigade left its camp in Pleasant Valley at 6 a.m., of the 17th, . . . — — Map (db m5479) HM
U.S.A. Slocum's Division, Sixth Army Corps. Maj. Gen. Henry W. Slocum, Commanding. September 17, 1862. Slocum's Division followed Smith's in its march from near Crampton's Pass on the morning of the 17th, and, upon reaching the field, occupied . . . — — Map (db m6001) HM
U.S.A. Smith's Division, Sixth Army Corps, Maj. Gen. William F. Smith, Commanding. (September 17, 1862.) Smith's Division left camp between Crampton's Pass and Rohrersville, in Pleasant Valley, at 5:30 a.m., of the 17th, crossed the Antietam at . . . — — Map (db m6027) HM
General Rodman's Division crossed the Antietam here at 1:00 P.M. on Sept. 17 at almost the same moment, other units in the IX Corps took the Burnside Bridge. Rodman's men marched up the draw behind you, on their way to the final action of the day on . . . — — Map (db m121757) HM
Squires’ Battery was posted on this high ground east of Sharpsburg (the National Cemetery was not here). They defended the center of the Confederate army, the crucial Middle Bridge, and the Boonsboro Turnpike. These guns helped repulse Union . . . — — Map (db m181491) HM
C.S.A. Stuart's Cavalry Division. Maj. Gen. J.E.B. Stuart, Commanding. September 16-19, 1862 On the night of the 16th, Fitzhugh Lee's Brigade of Stuart's Division was in position behind the hill about 650 yards northwest of this point, . . . — — Map (db m6178) HM
U.S.A. Sturgis' Division, Ninth Army Corps. Brig. Gen. Samuel G. Sturgis, Commanding. September 17, 1862. On the night of September 16th, Sturgis' Division bivouacked on the eastern slope of the ridge bordering the east bank of the Anitetam to . . . — — Map (db m6445) HM
Thomas Swearingen began operating in 1755 a ferry where Rumsey Bridge now crosses the Potomac. It was about half a mile upstream from Pack Horse Ford. During the Revolution the Ford and Ferry served the Continental Army; British and German prisoners . . . — — Map (db m1954) HM
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 alone . . . — — Map (db m5244) HM
The 14th Indiana Infantry 1st Brigade 3rd Division, 2nd Army Corps Colonel William Harrow commanding fought 70 yards east of this position and parallel with this road from 9 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. September 17th, 1862 Officers and men engaged 320 . . . — — Map (db m5492) HM
4th Brigade, 1st Division, 1st Army Corps Lieut. Colonel Alois O. Bachman Commanding Until he fell mortally wounded 150 yards due east, occupied this ground at 2 p.m. September 17th 1862. Loss 13 killed; 58 wounded — — Map (db m6063) HM
2nd Brigade, 1st Division, 1st Army Corps, Major Ira G. Groover Commanding, Occupied this position at 4 p.m. September 17th 1862. — — Map (db m6065) HM
Gen. Jacob Cox, Union Ninth Corps After finally driving the Confederates from the bluffs overlooking the Lower Bridge, close to 10,000 Federal troops crossed Antietam Creek and formed on the ridge 300 yards to the east (behind you). At . . . — — Map (db m22644) HM
The Baltimore Battery (Confederate) fired from this spot into the Union forces in the Cornfield. It included a 12-pounder iron howitzer (like the small gun before you), the only one of its kind among the 500 cannon at Antietam. — — Map (db m6269) HM
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Confederate and Federal forces clashed at the Battle of Antietam on September 17, 1862, transforming the local community and the nation. Sharpsburg families hid from the carnage, suffering damage to their homes and farms. . . . — — Map (db m247691) HM
Known as the Rohrbach Bridge before the battle, it was renamed for General Ambrose Burnside who commanded the Union soldiers who fought to take this crucial Antietam crossing during the battle. This bridge is one of several bridges that . . . — — Map (db m89316) HM
From an era all but forgotten, here lies a reconstructed section of the tree-lined walkway which once extended on both sides of the highway from Antietam Station, 100 yards to your right, to the National Cemetery, 1.3 miles to your left. These . . . — — Map (db m157768) HM
Pvt. William Goodhue, 3rd Wisconsin Infantry The night before the battle, the Union First and Twelfth Corps crossed Antietam Creek and marched onto the farm fields just behind you. It was the First Corps, commanded by Gen. Joseph Hooker, . . . — — Map (db m20672) HM
"The shells crashing through the trees and fluttering overhead as well as the musketry...all contributed to mark the time, and place, fixed in one's memory forever." Diary of Sergeant Charles Broomhall, 124th Pennsylvania Infantry You are . . . — — Map (db m20714) HM
(1) After defending the Lower (Burnside) Bridge, the Confederates fell back to this ridge and then to the high ground west of this point. When the final Union attack started, there were more than 2,000 Confederate soldiers and more than forty cannon . . . — — Map (db m185651) HM
"Before it was entirely dark the 100,000 men that had been threatening our destruction for twelve hours had melted away" Gen. James Longstreet, Army of Northern Virginia (1) After defending the Lower (Burnside) Bridge, the Confederates fell . . . — — Map (db m22643) HM
(West Facing Side):The James Rumsey BridgeNamed in honor of the inventor James Rumsey, who made successful public demonstrations of his steamboat on the Potomac River on December 3 and 11, 1787. Opened and dedicated on July 15, 1939. . . . — — Map (db m23184) HM
"...we are driven to protect our own country by transferring the seat of war to that of an enemy who pursues us with a relentless and apparently aimless hostility." President Jefferson Davis September 7, 1862 "The present seems to be the most . . . — — Map (db m22779) HM
As Union soldiers stepped out of the Cornfield (in front of you) at dawn, September 17, 1862, Confederate troops, aligned in the fields just behind you, unleashed a horrific volley. The single bloodiest day in American History had begun in earnest. . . . — — Map (db m41710) HM
“They fed horses all my corn and pasture that had not been previously ruined by the soldiers during the skirmishing and progress of the battle.”Joshua Newcomer This farmhouse, owned by Joshua Newcomer during the mid-1800s, . . . — — Map (db m67702) HM
Sgt. William Andrews, 1st Georgia Regiment
As the battle escalated, Union Gen. Edwin Sumner moved the Second Corps across Antietam Creek and into the battle. The swift waters of the Antietam and the difficult terrain separated the three . . . — — Map (db m20652) HM
The Battle Caused Considerable Destruction of Property Here William Roulette This farmstead dates from a time when Sharpsburg was the western frontier. In September 1862, it was the home of William and Margaret Roulette and their six children. . . . — — Map (db m59130) HM
U.S.A. Third Brigade, Cavalry Division. Col. Richard H. Rush, 6th Pennsylvania Cavalry, Commanding. Organization. 4th and 6th Pennsylvania Cavalry. (September 17, 1862.) The Third Brigade supported Battery A, (Tidball's) 2d U.S. Artillery in its . . . — — Map (db m7019) HM
Companies A, B, C, D, E, and F. Third Indiana Cavalry, 2nd Brigade Cavalry Division, Lieut. Colonel Jacob Buchanan Commanding, supported Tidball's Battery at this point from 12 m. until 5 p.m. September 17th 1862. — — Map (db m7102) HM
In September 1862, in fields surrounding Sharpsburg, soldiers fought the deadliest battle the nation had seen. Four years later, African Americans here erected a simple log church - a building in which they would exercise their dearly-won freedoms. . . . — — Map (db m104272) HM
U.S.A. Twelfth Army Corps. Goodrich's Brigade, Greene's Division Col. William B. Goodrich, 60th New York Infantry, Commanding, Organization. 3d Delaware Infantry, Purnell Legion Maryland Infantry, 60th New York Infantry, 78th New York Infantry. . . . — — Map (db m6113) HM
U.S.A. Twelfth Army Corps Maj. Gen. Jos. K. F. Mansfield, Commanding. September 17, 1862. The Twelfth Corps left its bivouac on the Line and Hoffman Farms at daylight, moved forward in column of battalions in mass and deployed in support of the . . . — — Map (db m5947) HM
U.S.A. Twelfth Army Corps Crawford's Brigade Williams' Division. Brig. General Samuel W. Crawford, Commanding. Organization. 10th Maine, 28th New York, 46th, 124th, 125th and 128th Pennsylvania Infantry. September 17, 1862. Crawford's Brigade . . . — — Map (db m5964) HM
U.S.A. Twelfth Army Corps Stainrook's Brigade, Green's Division, Col. Henry J. Stainrook, 100th Penn., Commanding. Organization. 3d Maryland Infantry, 102d New York Infantry, 111th Pennsylvania Infantry. (September 17, 1862.) After the . . . — — Map (db m6886) HM
U.S.A. Twelfth Army Corps. Gordon's Brigade. Williams' Division Brig. Gen. George H. Gordon, Commanding. Organization. 2d Massachusetts Infantry, 3d Wisconsin Infantry, 27th Indiana Infantry, 13th New Jersey Infantry, 107th New York Infantry, . . . — — Map (db m6131) HM
First Battalion, Twelfth United States Infantry. Captain M.M. Blunt, Commanding. At sunset, September 16, 1862, the First Battalion, Twelfth Infantry, relieved the Fourth Infantry, guarding the middle bridge over the Antietam and remained on . . . — — Map (db m7090) HM
