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Historical Markers and War Memorials in Sharpsburg, Maryland
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On Richardson Avenue, on the left when traveling east.
C.S.A. Army of Northern Virginia General Robert E. Lee, Commanding September 17, 1862. General Longstreet's Command, including D.H. Hill's Division of Jackson's Command, temporarily attached, occupied the right and center of the Confederate . . . — — Map (db m168106) HM
On Richardson Avenue, on the left when traveling east.
On the morning of September 15, 1862, the Army of the Potomac pursued the retreating Confederates from South Mountain: Pleasonton's cavalry, the Second, First, and Twelfth Corps by Turner's Pass, Boonsboro and Keedysville; Sykes' Division of the . . . — — Map (db m5562) HM
On Harpers Ferry Road at Branch Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Harpers Ferry Road.
C.S.A. Artillery Battalion, A.P. Hill's Division, Major R.L. Walker, Commanding, (September 17, 1862.) Four batteries of this battalion were engaged. McIntosh's (South Carolina) Battery came on the field about 2:30 p.m. and went into position . . . — — Map (db m6761) HM
Near Old Burnside Bridge Road, on the right when traveling south.
Down the narrow valley directly across the creek swept Burnside's doomed attack columns. For the entire distance to the bridge, they were exposed to deadly short-range fire from the riflemen on this ridge. The final successful thrust at 1 o'clock . . . — — Map (db m6825) HM
Near Dunker Church Road / Old Hagerstown Pike, on the right when traveling south.
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
On Smoketown Road, on the right when traveling west.
U.S.A. Batteries A and C 4th U.S. Artillery. Lieut. Evan Thomas, U.S.A., Commanding. (September 17, 1862.) Batteries A and C (consolidated), 4th U.S. Artillery (6 guns), relieved Battery I, 1st U.S. Artillery just north of this point and went . . . — — Map (db m6032) HM
On Boonsboro / Shepherdstown Pike (State Highway 34), on the right when traveling west.
U.S.A. Batteries B and L, 2d U.S. Artillery. Captain Jas. M. Robertson, U.S.A., Commanding (September 17, 1862.) Horse Batteries B and L (Consolidated), 2nd U.S. Artillery, crossed the Antietam by the Middle Bridge, in the forenoon of September . . . — — Map (db m7055) HM
On Boonsboro / Shepherdstown Pike (State Highway 34), on the right when traveling west.
U.S.A. Batteries C and G, 3d U.S. Artillery. Captain Horatio G. Gibson, U.S.A. Commanding. (September 17, 1862.) Horse Batteries C and G (Consolidated), 3d U.S. Artillery, crossed the Antietam in the forenoon of September 17, and went into . . . — — Map (db m7027) HM
On Smoketown Road at Mummas Lane, on the left when traveling south on Smoketown Road.
Maryland Battery A 1st MD Light Artillery 1st Slocum's Division 6th Franklin's Corps The battery under the command of Capt. John W. Wolcott occupied a line 100 feet in rear of this marker and facing Dunkard Church. Loss 1 killed, 11 wounded. The . . . — — Map (db m6035) HM
On Boonsboro / Shepherdstown Pike (State Highway 34), on the right when traveling west.
U.S.A. Battery A, 2d U.S. Artillery. Captain John C. Tidball, U.S.A. Commanding. (September 17, 1862.) Horse Battery A, 2d U.S. Artillery, moved from its bivouac near Keedysville on the morning of the 17th, crossed the Antietam by the Middle . . . — — Map (db m7025) HM
On Branch Avenue, on the left when traveling south.
U.S.A. Battery A, 5th U.S. Artillery. Lieut. Chas. P. Muhlenburg, U.S.A. Commanding. (September 17, 1862.) On the morning of the 17th, Battery A was in position on the crest of the hill east of the Rohrbach Lane, east of and overlooking the . . . — — Map (db m6758) HM
On Cornfield Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
Maryland Battery B. 1st Md. Light Artillery 2nd (Smiths) Division 6th (Franklins) Corps The battery under the command of Lieut. Theodore J. Vanneman. Occupied a position on the edge of the East Woods, 240 yards north from this marker the . . . — — Map (db m5720) HM
On Dunker Church Road / Old Hagerstown Pike, on the right when traveling south.
U.S.A. Battery B, 4th U.S. Artillery Capt. Joseph B. Campbell, U.S.A. Commanding. (September 17, 1862.) Early in the morning this battery advanced from its bivouac north of Jos. Poffenberger's, passing through the North Woods to the ploughed . . . — — Map (db m6105) HM
On Dunker Church Road north of Cornfiled Avenue, on the left when traveling north.
Battery B rumbled down the Hagerstown Turnpike with the initial advance of the First Corps. The Battery fought against Stonewall Jackson’s Confederates who at one point moved to within yards of the guns. The fighting became so desperate that Union . . . — — Map (db m67711) HM
On Dunker Church Road / Old Hagerstown Pike, on the right when traveling north.
U.S.A. Battery C, 5th U.S. Artillery Captain Dunbar R. Ransom, U.S.A. Commanding, (September 16-17, 1862.) On the evening of September 16th, Battery C, 5th U.S. Artillery came into battery 370 yards east of the Hagerstown Pike, on the south edge . . . — — Map (db m6087) HM
On Smoketown Road, on the left when traveling west.
U.S.A. Battery D, 2nd U.S. Artillery. Lieut. Edward B. Williston, U.S.A., Commanding. (September 17, 1862.) Battery D, 2nd U.S. Artillery, moved from its bivouac near Crampton's Pass on the morning of the 17th and went into position south of the . . . — — Map (db m6034) HM
On Boonsboro / Shepherdstown Pike (State Highway 34), on the right when traveling west.
U.S.A. Battery E, 1st U.S. Artillery. Lieut. Alanson M. Randol, U.S.A., Commanding. (September 17, 1862.) Early in the afternoon of the 17th, Battery E, 1st U.S. Artillery, crossed the Antietam by the Middle Bridge and relieved Robertson's . . . — — Map (db m7026) HM
On Branch Avenue, on the left when traveling south.
U.S.A. Battery E, 2nd U.S. Artillery. Lieut. Samuel E. Benjamin, U.S.A. Commanding. (September 16-17, 1862.) On the morning of September 16, Benjamin's Battery took position on the ridge bordering the Antietam, above the Burnside Bridge, engaged . . . — — Map (db m6722) HM
Battery D, Pennsylvania
Light Artillery
Capt. George W. Durell
These two batteries advanced
across the Lower or Burnside
Bridge and directly supported
the 9th Corps advance on
Sharpsburg. When Burnside's
men were driven back, the . . . — — Map (db m173313) HM
On Branch Avenue, on the left when traveling south.
U.S.A. Battery E, 4th U.S. Artillery. Capt. Joseph C. Clark Jr., U.S.A. Commanding. (September 17, 1862.) At daybreak Battery E, 4th U.S. Artillery, was in bivouac in rear of the high ground east of the Burnside Bridge. Soon after daybreak it . . . — — Map (db m6718) HM
On Smoketown Road at Mummas Lane, on the left when traveling west on Smoketown Road.
U.S.A. Battery F, 5th U.S. Artillery. Lieut. Leonard Martin, U.S.A., Commanding. (September 17, 1862.) Early in the morning of the 17th, Battery F, 5th U.S. Artillery, generally known as Ayers' Battery, moved with Smith's Division, Sixth Army . . . — — Map (db m6030) HM
On Branch Avenue, on the left when traveling south.
U.S.A. Battery G, 4th U.S. Artillery Lieut. Marcus P. Miller, U.S.A. Commanding (September 17, 1862.) Battery G, 4th U.S. Artillery, belonged to the Artillery Reserve, which was attached to the Fifth Army Corps. On the morning of the 17th, the . . . — — Map (db m6757) HM
On Smoketown Road, on the right when traveling west.
U.S.A. Battery I, 1st U.S. Artillery, Lieut. Geo. A. Woodruff, U.S.A. Commanding. (September 17, 1862.) Between 9 and 10 a.m., Battery I, 1st Artillery, advancing by the Smoketown Road, passed through the East Woods to the assistance of the . . . — — Map (db m185587) HM
Near Bloody Lane at Richardson Avenue, on the left when traveling east.
Ordered across Antietam Creek the morning of the battle, Graham's battery closely supported Richardson's Division as it attached the Confederates in the Sunken Road. Graham's battery had four men killed and five severely wounded. Seventeen horses . . . — — Map (db m193625) HM
On Boonsboro / Shepherdstown Pike (State Highway 34), on the right when traveling west.
U.S.A. Battery K, 5th U.S. Artillery, Lieut. William E. Van Reed, U.S.A., Commanding. (September 17, 1862.) Battery K, 5th U.S. Artillery, crossed the Antietam, by the Middle Bridge and about 2 p.m., September 17, relieved Battery M, 2d U.S. . . . — — Map (db m7059) HM
On Boonsboro / Shepherdstown Pike (State Highway 34), on the right when traveling west.
U.S.A. Battery M, 2d U.S. Artillery. Lieut. Peter C. Hains, U.S.A. Commanding. (September 17, 1862.) Horse Battery M, 2d U.S. Artillery, crossed the Antietam by the Middle Bridge, in the forenoon of the 17th and, preceded by the 4th Pennsylvania . . . — — Map (db m7057) HM
On Mummas Lane, on the right when traveling south.
This battery of six rifled 10 lb. Parrott guns provided exceptional support to the Second Corps infantry during their attacks on the Sunken Road. They fired over 1,000 rounds in three hours. At one point, Confederate soldiers charged directly into . . . — — Map (db m67714) HM
On Shepherdstown Pike (Maryland Route 34), on the left when traveling north.
Bloodiest One-Day Battle in American History As the thundering of artillery and rifle gave way to darkness of night, 23,000 killed and wounded Union and Confederate soldiers covered the fields around Sharpsburg. This inconceivable total gives . . . — — Map (db m41703) HM
On Dunker Church Rod, on the right when traveling north.
One of the most unique ways that the Battle of Antietam has been commemorated is the naming of U.S. Navy ships after the battle. Ships have been named for Gettysburg, Shiloh, Vicksburg, and there have been at least three ships named Antietam.
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On Dunker Church Road / Old Hagerstown Pike near Smoketown Road, on the right when traveling south.
"May it stand as it did in war - as a beacon to guide men searching their way through the darkness. May it stand throughout all ages as a symbol of mercy, peace, and understanding."
Maryland Governor Millard Tawes
Church Rededication . . . — — Map (db m20593) HM
On Shephardstown Pike (Maryland Route 34) at Canal Road, on the left when traveling south on Shephardstown Pike.
Also known as Boteler’s, Pack Horse and Shepherdstown Ford. “Stonewall” Jackson’s command crossed here en route from Harper’s Ferry to Sharpsburg. Here the entire Army of Northern Virginia withdrew into Virginia, Sept. 18–19, 1862, . . . — — Map (db m1953) HM
In June 1864, Confederate Gen. Robert E. Lee sent Gen. Jubal A. Early's corps from the Richmond battlefields to the Shenandoah Valley to counter Union Gen. David Hunter's army. After driving Hunter into West Virginia, Early invaded Maryland to . . . — — Map (db m154073) HM
On Branch Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
C.S.A. Branch's Brigade In the advance of A. P. Hill's Division from the Antietam Furnace Road, on the Afternoon of September 17th, Branch's Brigade supported the Brigades of Gregg and Archer. It was engaged south of this point, and its . . . — — Map (db m6667) HM
Near Old Burnside Bridge Road, on the left when traveling east.
"I do not know the name of the creek, but I have named it the creek of death. Such a slaughter I hope never to witness again." Pvt. George Lewis Bronson, 11th Connecticut Infantry
A Divided Nation - A Divided Family
Union Col. . . . — — Map (db m20753) HM
Near Dunker Church Road, on the left when traveling north.
At daybreak, Brockenbrough’s guns blasted counter-battery fire from here toward Matthews’ and Thompson’s Union guns north of the Cornfield. Brockenbrough then relocated to Hauser’s Ridge, higher ground to the west, and fired into Sedgwick’s . . . — — Map (db m67713) HM
On Branch Avenue, on the left when traveling south.
Brown’s battery held four different positions on this end of the battlefield, demonstrating the mobility of field artillery. The battery started the day on the high ground to the west, then around noon moved past this position to the ridge line in . . . — — Map (db m67721) HM
On Old Burnside Bridge Road, on the right when traveling east.
On the morning of September 17, 1862, this bridge was defended by the 2d and 20th Georgia of Toombs' Brigade and the 50th Georgia of Drayton's Brigade. The 20th Georgia was on the high wooded bluff immediately opposite this end of the Bridge, and . . . — — Map (db m6472) HM
Near Shepherdstown Pike (Maryland Route 34) 0.5 miles east of Richardson Avenue, on the left when traveling east.
Tidball's Battery dueled with Confederate guns the day before the battle. On September 17, they crossed the Middle Bridge before noon and the men hauled their six rifled cannons by hand, uphill, to this high ground. The battery fired approximately . . . — — Map (db m158378) HM
Near Shepherdstown Pike (Maryland Route 34) 0.5 miles east of Richardson Avenue, on the left when traveling east.
"No other equal area on the American Continent has been so drenched in human blood."
Capt. John C. Tidball, Battery A, 2nd U.S. Artillery
Tidball's Battery advanced as part of a general movement across the Middle Bridge made by the . . . — — Map (db m158480) HM
On Boonsboro / Shepherdstown Pike (State Highway 34), on the right when traveling west.
U.S.A. Cavalry Division, Brig. Gen. Alfred Pleasanton, Commanding. (September 17, 1862.) The Cavalry Division was stationed along the west bank of Antietam Creek during the Battle of September 17, in support of Horse Batteries A, B, and L . . . — — Map (db m7016) HM
On Mansfield Avenue, on the left when traveling east.
"I have been permitted to stand by your loved ones when the trial hour came..." For some, service to their country ended with the Civil War. For Clara Barton, this was the beginning. Barton, a forty year old teacher, patent clerk and . . . — — Map (db m20671) HM
On Mansfield Avenue, on the left when traveling east.
During the Battle of Antietam September 17, 1862 Clara Barton brought supplies and nursing aid to the wounded on this battlefield. The act of love and mercy led to the birth of the present American National Red Cross
Additional . . . — — Map (db m141486) HM
Near East Main Street (Maryland Route 34) east of South Church Street, on the right when traveling east.
Before you once stood the Mount Calvary Lutheran Church, which served as a spiritual anchor for the community of Sharpsburg before it was damaged beyond repair during the September 17, 1862, Battle of Antietam. Built in 1768, just five years after . . . — — Map (db m231980) HM
On Boonsboro / Shepherdstown Pike (State Highway 34), on the right when traveling east.
At this spot Colonel James H. Childs of the Fourth Pennsylvania Cavalry in the temporary command of Averill's Brigade fell mortally wounded on the morning of September 17th, 1862. — — Map (db m7105) HM
On Bloody Lane west of Maryland Highway 65, on the right when traveling east.
C.S.A. Colquitt's and Garland's Brigades (September 17, 1862) After the repulse of the Confederate Line in the East Woods and Cornfield north of the Smoketown Road in the morning of the 17th, parts of the Brigades of Colquitt and Garland rallied . . . — — Map (db m5477) HM
On Boonsboro / Shepherdstown Pike (State Highway 34), on the right when traveling west.
U.S.A. Companies G. I. and K., 4th U.S. Infantry. Lieut. C.H. Carlton, Commanding. September 17, 1862. Between 3 and 4 p.m., of the 17th, the 4th U.S. Infantry took position on the right (north) of the Boonsboro Pike, near the Bloody Lane. . . . — — Map (db m7087) HM
U.S.A. Couch's Division, Fourth Army Corps, Maj. Gen. D.N. Couch, Commanding. September 16-18, 1862. On the 16th, Couch's Division was drawn up across Pleasant Valley near Rohrersville, observing McLaws' command. On the morning of the 17th, the . . . — — Map (db m5484) HM
On Richardson Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
D.H. Hill's Division (September 17, 1862) Early on the 17th, Ripley fired the Mumma Buildings and passed them in the direction of the south part of the East Woods, then, moving by the left flank, crossed the Smoketown Road and engaged Union . . . — — Map (db m5631) HM
On Hagerstown Pike (Maryland Route 65) at Richardson Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Hagerstown Pike.
C.S.A. D.H. Hill's Division, Jackson's Command, Maj. Gen. Daniel H. Hill, commanding. September 15-16, 1862. D.H. Hill's Division retired from South Mountain during the night of Sept. 14, crossed the Antietam, at the Middle Bridge, at daylight . . . — — Map (db m5469) HM
On Richardson Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
C.S.A. D.H. Hill's Division, Jackson's Command. Major General D.H. Hill, Commanding. (September 15-16, 1862.) D.H. Hill's Division led the retreat from South Mountain on the night of the 14th. Rodes' and Colquitt's Brigades, both under command . . . — — Map (db m5630) HM
On Boonsboro Pike (State Highway 34), on the right when traveling east.
C.S.A. D.R. Jones' Division, Longstreet's Command, Brig. Gen. David R. Jones, Commanding. September 17, 1862. The division formed at daylight on the plateau commanding the approaches to the Burnside Bridge. At about noon the enemy made several . . . — — Map (db m7257) HM
On Boonsboro Pike, on the right when traveling east.
C.S.A. D.R. Jones' Division, Longstreet's Command. Brig. Gen. David R. Jones, Commanding. September 15-16, 1862. This division, composed of the brigades of Toombs, Kempter, Drayton, [J]en[k]ins, Garnett, and George T. Anderson, withdrew from its . . . — — Map (db m7258) HM
On Branch Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
C.S.A. D.R. Jones' Division, Longstreet's Command. Brig. Gen. D.R. Jones, Commanding. Organization. Brig. Gen. Robert Toombs' Brigade, Brig. Gen. Thomas F. Drayton's Brigade, Brig. Gen. R. B. Garnett's Brigade, Brig. Gen. James L. Kemper's . . . — — Map (db m6595) HM
On Branch Avenue, on the right when traveling south.
(Main Tablet): C.S.A. D.R. Jones' Division, Longstreet's Command Brig. Gen. D.R. Jones, Commanding. September 17, 1862. About 7.30 a.m., Col. Geo. T. Anderson's Brigade moved from Cemetery Hill to the left near the Dunker Church. The . . . — — Map (db m6575) HM
On Dunker Church Road / Old Hagerstown Pike, on the right when traveling north.
Two days before the battle, President Abraham Lincoln sent Gen. George B. McClellan a telegram, "God bless you and all with you! Destroy the rebel army, if possible." It was here, on these rolling farm fields, where McClellan and the Army of the . . . — — Map (db m20592) HM
On Dunker Church Road / Old Hagerstown Pike at Cornfield Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Dunker Church Road / Old Hagerstown Pike.
U.S.A. Doubleday's Division, First Army Corps, Brigadier Gen. Abner Doubleday, Commanding. (September 17, 1862.)Doubleday's Division, on the right of the First Corps, moved to the attack at 5/30 a.m., September 17, in the following order: . . . — — Map (db m6127) HM
On Dunker Church Road / Old Hagerstown Pike at Cornfield Avenue, on the right when traveling north on Dunker Church Road / Old Hagerstown Pike.
U.S.A. Doubleday's Division, First Army Corps. Brigadier Gen. Abner Doubleday, Commanding. (September 17, 1862.) Doubleday's Division moved from its bivouac on the Joseph Poffenberger Farm, north of this, at 5/30 a.m. on the 17th, in the . . . — — Map (db m6108) HM
"Let us here today, in the spirit of the brethren who built it more than a century ago, rededicate this building to the advancement of peace among nations...to the brotherhood of all mankind." From address delivered by J. Millard Tawes, Governor . . . — — Map (db m89656) HM
On Dunker Church Road / Old Hagerstown Pike at Smoketown Road, on the right when traveling south on Dunker Church Road / Old Hagerstown Pike.
E. Russel Hicks was a historian of Washington County, Md., and a member of the Church of the Brethren. A century after the battle he wrote: "I am the Church of the bloodiest battlefield in all American history. I had my conception in the minds of . . . — — Map (db m6284) HM
On Boonesboro Pike (State Highway 34), on the right when traveling west.
In mid-June 1864, Confederate Gen. Jubal A. Early's corps drove Union Gen. David Hunter's army into West Virginia after the Battle of Lynchburg. On June 23 Early launched an incursion through Maryland against Washington, D.C., to draw Union troops . . . — — Map (db m59127) HM
Near Burnside Bridge Road, on the right when traveling east.
Eleventh Connecticut Infantry, Colonel Henry W. Kingsbury, Commanding, September 17, 1862. This regiment opened the engagement on this part of the field on the morning of September 17. It was partially deployed in skirmishing order and preceded . . . — — Map (db m6413) HM
On Boonsboro Pike (State Highway 34), on the right when traveling west.
C.S.A. Evans' Brigade, Longstreet's Command. Brig. Gen. Nathan G. Evans, Commanding. (September 17, 1862.) Evans' Brigade continued in support of the artillery during the morning of the 17th, covering the approaches to Sharpsburg by the . . . — — Map (db m7269) HM
On Hagerstown Pike (State Highway 65), on the right when traveling north.
C.S.A. Ewell's Division, Jackson's Command. Brigadier General A.R. Lawton, Commanding. (September 15-16, 1862.) Ewell's Division left Harper's Ferry on the night of September 15th, crossed the Potomac at Blackford's Ford and reached Sharpsburg . . . — — Map (db m7203) HM
The brick home in front of you (Picture included) once stood at the heart of a Western Maryland plantation called "Ferry Hill." Built between 1812 and 1820, the plantation consisted of nearly 700 acres of land, a tavern, and a ferry. An enslaved . . . — — Map (db m58252) HM
On Shepherdstown Pike (State Highway 34) east of Canal Road, on the left when traveling south.
The boyhood home of Colonel Henry Kyd Douglas, a member of Stonewall Jackson’s staff. Sept. 18, 1862, Federal troops occupied these premises and confined the Douglas family. June 18, 1863, Headquarters of Confederate Maj. Gen. Edward Johnson, en . . . — — Map (db m1877) HM
Near Shepherdstown Pike (Maryland Route 34) when traveling south.
John Blackford, in 1810, built the Ferry Hill Plantation House standing before you. Blackford owned 25 slaves and managed the farm by himself. The slaves and hired laborers worked with minimum direction. Two slaves, Ned and Jupe, ran the river ferry . . . — — Map (db m1971) HM
On Rodman Avenue, on the left when traveling south.
U.S.A. Fifth Army Corps. Second (9 Cos.) and Tenth (3 Cos.) U.S. Infantry, Lieut. John S. Poland, 2nd U.S. Infantry, Commanding. September 17, 1862. About noon of the 17th, the Battalion of the Second and Tenth U.S. Infantry crossed the Antietam . . . — — Map (db m6487) HM
On Rodman Avenue at Boonsboro Pike (Maryland Highway 34), on the left when traveling south on Rodman Avenue.
U.S.A. Fifth Army Corps First Battalion (8 Cos), Fourteenth U.S. Infantry Captain W. Harvey Brown, 14th U.S. Infantry, Commanding. September 17, 1862. At 3 p.m. of the 17th, the First Battalion, Fourteenth U.S. Infantry crossed the Antietam at . . . — — Map (db m6484) HM
On Boonsboro / Shepherdstown Pike (State Highway 34), on the right when traveling east.
U.S.A. Fifth Army Corps. First Battalion (8 Cos) Fourteenth U.S. Infantry. Capt. W. Harvey Brown, 14th U.S. Infantry, Commanding. September 17, 1862. At 3 p.m. the First Battalion, Fourteenth U.S. Infantry crossed the Antietam at the Middle . . . — — Map (db m7100) HM
On Richardson Avenue, on the left when traveling south.
U.S.A. Fifth Army Corps. Second Battalion (8 Cos). Fourteenth U.S. Infantry Captain David B. McKibbon, Commanding. September 16-19, 1862. On September 16th, the Second Battalion, Fourteenth U.S. Infantry was in line on the east base of the ridge . . . — — Map (db m7086) HM
On Boonsboro / Shepherdstown Pike (State Highway 34), on the right when traveling west.
U.S.A. Fifth Army Corps Fourth United States Infantry (8 Cos.). Captain Hiram Dryer, 4th U.S. Infantry, Commanding. September 16-17, 1862. On the morning of the 16th, the 4th Infantry seized the middle bridge over the Antietam; companies B. G. . . . — — Map (db m7077) HM
Near Old Burnside Bridge Road, on the left when traveling east.
Shepard Rifles
Col. Robert B. Potter
2d Brigade - Ferrero's 2d Division - Sturgis'
9th Army Corps - Burnside's
Army of the Potomac
Sept. 17, 1862
In compliance with orders received from General Burnside on the morning of September 17, . . . — — Map (db m6441) HM
On Mansfield Avenue, on the left when traveling east.
U.S.A. First Army Corps. Maj. Gen. Joseph Hooker, Commanding. September 16, 1862. The First Army Corps moved from its bivouac near Keedysville at 2 p.m. on Sept 16. Doubleday's Division crossed the Antietam at Pry's Ford; Rickett's and Meade's . . . — — Map (db m5918) HM
On Cornfield Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
U.S.A. First Army Corps, Hartsuff's Brigade, Rickett's Division. Brig Gen George L. Hartsuff, Commanding. Organization. 11th Pennsylvania, 83rd New York, 12th and 13th Massachusetts Infantry. (September 17, 1862.) Hartsuff's Brigade, advancing . . . — — Map (db m5707) HM
On Starke Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
U.S.A. First Army Corps, Patrick's Brigade, Doubleday's Division, Brigadier General M.R. Patrick, Commanding. Organization. 21st, 23d, 35th and 80th New York Infantry. (September 17, 1862.) Early in the morning of the 17th, Patrick's Brigade . . . — — Map (db m6162) HM
On Dunker Church Road / Old Hagerstown Pike, on the right when traveling north.
U.S.A. First Army Corps. Magilton's Brigade, Meade's Division. Col A.L. Magilton, 4th Pennsylvania Reserves, Commanding. (September 17, 1862.) Magilton's Brigade advanced from the North Woods about 6:30 a.m. and, passing a few yards east of D.R. . . . — — Map (db m6091) HM
On Cornfield Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
U.S.A. First Army Corps, Phelps' Brigade, Doubleday's Division, Col. Walter Phelps, 22d New York Infantry, Commanding. Organization. 22d, 24th, 30th and 84th New York Infantry, and 2d U.S. Sharpshooters, (September 17, 1862.) Phelps' Brigade . . . — — Map (db m6854) HM
On Hagerstown Pike (State Highway 65), on the right when traveling north.
U.S.A. First Army Corps Patrick's Brigade, Doubleday's Division, Brigadier General M.R. Patrick, commanding. Organization. 21st, 23d, 35th and 80th New York Infantry. (September 17, 1862.) Patrick's Brigade formed line north of Joseph . . . — — Map (db m6169) HM
On Starke Avenue at Dunker Church Road, on the right when traveling west on Starke Avenue.
U.S.A. First Army Corps Gibbon's Brigade, Doubleday's Division Brigadier General John Gibbon, Commanding, Organization 2nd, 6th and 7th Wisconsin and 19th Indiana Infantry The Iron Brigade September 17, 1862 On the morning of the 17th, with its . . . — — Map (db m6132) HM
On Cornfield Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
U.S.A. First Army Corps. Duryee's Brigade, Rickett's Division, Brigadier General Abram Duryee, Commanding. Organization. 97th, 104th, 105th New York and 107th Pennsylvania Infantry. (September 17, 1862.) Early in the morning Duryee's Brigade . . . — — Map (db m5685) HM
On Cornfield Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
U.S.A. First Army Corps Christian's Brigade, Rickett's Division, Col. W.A. Christian, 26th New York, Commanding. Organization. 26th and 94th New York, 88th and 90th Pennsylvania Infantry. (September 17, 1862.) Christian's Brigade advanced from . . . — — Map (db m5711) HM
On Boonsboro / Shepherdstown Pike (State Highway 34), on the right when traveling west.
U.S.A. First Brigade, Cavalry Division. Major Charles J. Whiting, 2nd U.S. Cavalry, Commanding. Organization. 5th and 6th United States Cavalry. (September 17, 1862.) The Fifth United States Cavalry, Captain Joseph H. McArthur commanding, . . . — — Map (db m7018) HM
On North Hall Street, on the right when traveling south.
The First Methodist Church in Sharpsburg acquired this property in 1819 and built a small, brick church here. The first burial was in 1828. This church was torn down when the congregation built a new church at 125 West Main Street in 1857. — — Map (db m7338) HM
On Cornfield Avenue, on the right when traveling west.
1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th Infantry and Hexamer's Battery September 17, 1862 ————————
This stone marks the right of the Brigade when a little after noon, it was formed to charge the woods north of the Dunkard Church. The order was countermanded and the . . . — — Map (db m5774) HM
On Smoketown Road, on the right when traveling west.
1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th Infantry and Hexamer’s Battery
September 17, 1862 —————The Brigade arrived upon this field from Crampton's Pass about noon, and was formed for a charge upon the Confederate line just north of . . . — — Map (db m6025) HM
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