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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Sharpsburg
Sharpsburg, Maryland and Vicinity
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(East Side):
2nd Brig. 3rd Div. 2nd A.C. ———— Advanced to this point in a charge
about 9:30 A.M., September 17th, 1862
then fell back eighty-eight yards
to a cornfield fence and held position heavily . . . — — Map (db m5491) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m7083) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m6958) HM
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
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 . . . — — Map (db m1966) HM
After stunning victories at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville, Virginia, early in May 1863, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee carried the war through Maryland, across the Mason and Dixon Line and into Pennsylvania. His infantry marched north through . . . — — Map (db m67696) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m5792) HM
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, . . . — — Map (db m6335) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m5993) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m156636) HM
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
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 . . . — — Map (db m20744) HM
Below the Mason-Dixon Line, above the Potomac, and at the Heart of the Civil War. The Civil War, its causes, and the aftermath have shaped our countrys cultural landscape in countless ways. The significance of the Civil War in north-central . . . — — Map (db m67708) HM
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
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
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. . . . — — Map (db m6764) HM
Although now part of the Mumma Farm, and known as Mumma Cemetery, this site was first established as a burial ground by the Orndorff family. Living on this farm at the time of his death, Major Christian Orndorff II was buried here in December . . . — — Map (db m89939) HM
Veterans, state organizations, and individuals have placed 97 monuments at Antietam. Most of them are Union monuments constructed during the first twenty years after Congress established the battlefield in 1890. Each monument represents the . . . — — Map (db m145454) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m5659) HM
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) . . . — — Map (db m5660) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m7242) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m7060) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m7140) HM
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. . . . — — Map (db m20716) HM
Erected by
Citizens of
Sharpsburg Dist
in Recognition of the
Patirotism Shown by
All Who Answered Our
Country's Call in the
World War
------
1917-1919
C. Elmer Benner
Bentley H. Benner
Earl L. Benner
Everett Benner . . . — — Map (db m155769) HM
(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 . . . — — Map (db m5480) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m5662) HM
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, . . . — — Map (db m5716) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m6276) HM
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. . . . — — Map (db m6762) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m6909) HM
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, . . . — — Map (db m6962) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m7204) HM
Organization
3rd Alabama Infantry
5th Alabama Infantry
6th Alabama Infantry
12th Alabama Infantry
26th Alabama Infantry
September 17, 1862
On the night of September 16, Rodes' Brigade bivouacked in the field east of Piper's . . . — — Map (db m89041) HM
(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 . . . — — Map (db m6152) HM
Jacob Highbarger House
201 West Main Street
has been placed on the
National Register
of Historic Places
by the United States
Department of the Interior
c. 1832 — — Map (db m143925) HM
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
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 . . . — — Map (db m5815) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m6599) HM
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' . . . — — Map (db m6771) HM
Lees Battalion of nineteen cannons were positioned on this high ground and for over three hours fired toward the soldiers and artillery of the Union First and Twelfth Corps. Lees gunners were under constant fire from the north, and on their flank . . . — — Map (db m67710) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m6175) HM
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 . . . — — Map (db m5465) HM
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. . . . — — Map (db m6505) HM
C.S.A. Longstreet's Command, Major General James Longstreet, Commanding. (September 14-16, 1862.) Longstreet's command, consisting of D.R. Jones' and Hood's Divisions and Evans' Brigade, with D.H. Hill's Division of Jackson's Command, withdrew . . . — — Map (db m7237) HM
C.S.A. Longstreet's Command. Maj. Gen. James Longstreet, Commanding. September 17, 1862. Early in the day several brigades of this command were sent to the vicinity of the Dunkard Church in support of Jackson's Command. At about 9:15 a.m. . . . — — Map (db m7240) HM
In March of 1768, Colonel Joseph Chapline executed a deed to the Mount Cavalry Lutheran Church Vestrymen for a church and burial ground at this site. The cost was to be one peppercorn yearly. This graveyard is the oldest in the town of Sharpsburg. . . . — — Map (db m7339) HM
(Front Face):
Major General Joseph K. F. Mansfield Commanding the 12th Corps Army of the Potomac Mortally wounded near this spot September 17th, 1862 About 7-35 a.m. While deploying his corps in action (Left Face):Erected by . . . — — Map (db m5997) HM
(Center Panel):
Erected by the Commonwealth of Massachusetts to mark the position held by her troops at the Battle of Antietam September XVII MDCCLXII
(Left Plaque): Second Infantry Seventh Infantry Ninth Infantry Tenth Infantry . . . — — Map (db m6053) HM
C.S.A. McLaws' Division, Longstreet's Command. Maj. Gen. Lafayette McLaws, Commanding. September 17, 1862. McLaws' Division left Harper's Ferry on the forenoon of September 16th, crossed the Potomac at Blackford's Ford about daybreak of the . . . — — Map (db m6895) HM
U.S.A. Meade's Division, First Army Corps, Maj. Gen. George G. Meade, Commanding, September 16, 1862. Meade's Division crossed the Antietam at the Sumner Bridge at 2 p.m. Sept. 16, and moved in a westerly direction toward the position of the . . . — — Map (db m5913) HM
U.S.A. Meade's Division, First Army Corps, Maj. Gen. George G. Meade, Commanding. September 17, 1862. Meade's Division formed at about 6:30 a.m. in the following order: Seymour's Brigade on the left and in advance, Magilton's and Anderson's . . . — — Map (db m5915) HM
This is the location of the famous "Middle Bridge," one of three bridges involved with the Battle of Antietam, September 17, 1862. The upper (Hitt) bridge and lower (Burnside) bridge are still standing. This three-arch stone bridge was destroyed by . . . — — Map (db m117543) HM
"I do not hesitate to affirm that the Confederate position was virtually impregnable to a direct attack over the bridge." Gen. Jacob Cox, Union 9th Corps Gen. Samuel D. Sturgis, whose division did most of the fighting here at the bridge, . . . — — Map (db m54530) HM
Commonly known as the “Napoleon,” this smoothbore was the favored artillery piece in both armies throughout the Civil War. Although it was used at moderate range with explosive shell, it was especially effective at short range with . . . — — Map (db m67861) HM
U.S.A. Morell's Division, Fifth Army Corps. Maj. Gen. George W. Morell, Commanding. September 17 and 18, 1862. Morell's Division relieved Richardson's Division of the Second Corps at about 8.30 a.m. Sept. 17. Two brigades of this division were . . . — — Map (db m7142) HM
This portion of the historic Mumma Farm Lane looked much the same in 1862. Confederate soldiers burned the farm buildings to prevent their use by Federal sharpshooters. Only the white-washed stone springhouse (on the left) survived as does this . . . — — Map (db m6981) HM
C.S.A. Munford's Brigade, Stuart's Cavalry Division, Brig. Gen. Thomas T. Munford, Commanding. Organization 2nd Virginia Cavalry, 7th Virginia Cavalry, 12th Virginia Cavalry. (September 16-18, 1862.) The 2nd and 12th Virginia Cavalry reached . . . — — Map (db m6765) HM
(Each unit is detailed in a separate tablet):Thirteenth New Jersey Infantry Colonel Ezra A. Carman, Comanding Third Brigade, First Division Twelfth Corps —————
Here this regiment, seventeen days after . . . — — Map (db m6055) HM
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