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By Brian Scott, September 19, 2015
Ricketts’ Division, First Army Corps Marker
SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
| On Mansfield Avenue, on the left when traveling south. |
| | 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 |
| On Mansfield Avenue at Smoketown Road, on the left when traveling east on Mansfield Avenue. |
| | 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 |
| On Mansfield Avenue at Smoketown Road, on the left when traveling east on Mansfield Avenue. |
| | U.S.A. Williams' Division, Twelfth Army Corps, Brig. Gen. Alpheus S. Williams, Commanding. (September 17, 1862.) Williams' Division moved from the Line and Hoffman Farms at daylight on the 17th, formed line at 7 a.m. near the North Woods, and . . . — — Map (db m5961) HM |
| On Mansfield Avenue at Smoketown Road, on the left when traveling east on Mansfield Avenue. |
| | 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 |
| On Mansfield Avenue at Smoketown Road, on the left when traveling east on Mansfield Avenue. |
| | 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 |
| On Smoketown Road at Mansfield Avenue, on the right when traveling south on Smoketown Road. |
| | . . . — — Map (db m5971) HM |
| On Smoketown Road at Mansfield Monument Road, on the right when traveling south on Smoketown Road. |
| | U.S.A. First Army Corps. Seymour's Brigade, Meade's Division. Brig. Gen. Truman Seymour, Commanding. Organization. 1st Penn. Reserve Infantry, 2nd Penn. Reserve Infantry, 5th Penn. Reserve Infantry, 6th Penn. Reserve Infantry, 13th Penn. Reserve . . . — — Map (db m5992) HM |
| On Smoketown Road at Mansfield Monument Road, on the right when traveling south on Smoketown Road. |
| | 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 |
| On Smoketown Road at Mansfield Monument Road, on the right when traveling south on Smoketown Road. |
| | U.S.A. Twelfth Army Corps. Stainrook's Brigade, Greene's Division. Col. Henry J. Stainrook, 109th Penn. Inf., Commanding. Organization. 3d Maryland Infantry, 102d New York Infantry, 111th Pennsylvania Infantry. September 17, 1862. Stainrook's . . . — — Map (db m5995) HM |
| On Smoketown Road at Mansfield Monument Road, on the right when traveling south on Smoketown Road. |
| | U.S.A. Twelfth Army Corps. Tyndale's Brigade, Greene's Division Lt. Col. Hector Tyndale, 28th Penn. Infantry, Commanding. Organization. 5th Ohio Infantry, 7th Ohio Infantry, 66th Ohio Infantry, 28th Pennsylvania Infantry. September 17, 1862. . . . — — Map (db m5973) HM |
| On Smoketown Road at Mansfield Monument Road, on the left when traveling south on Smoketown Road. |
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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 |
| On Mansfield Monument Road at Smoketown Road, on the right when traveling east on Mansfield Monument Road. |
| | Major General Joseph K.F. Mansfield U.S.A. Mortally Wounded 38 Yards N. 76'W. — — Map (db m5998) HM |
| On Cornfield Avenue at Smoketown Road, on the right when traveling west on Cornfield Avenue. |
| | 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 |
| On Cornfield Avenue at Smoketown Road, on the right when traveling west on Cornfield Avenue. |
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"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 |
| On Cornfield Avenue, on the right when traveling west. |
| | 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 |
| On Cornfield Avenue, on the right when traveling west. |
| | C.S.A. Jackson's Command, Garland's Brigade, D.H. Hill's Division, Col. D.K. McRae, 5th North Carolina, Commanding. Organization. 5th, 12th, 13th, 20th, and 23d North Carolina Infantry. (September 17, 1862.) On the night of September 16, . . . — — Map (db m5793) HM |
| On Smoketown Road at Cornfield Avenue, on the right when traveling east on Smoketown Road. |
| | C.S.A. Longstreet's Command. Law's Brigade, Hood's Division. Col. E.M. Law, 4th Alabama Infantry, Commanding. Organization. 4th Alabama Infantry, 6th North Carolina Infantry, 2nd Mississippi Infantry, 11th Mississippi Infantry. September 16, . . . — — Map (db m5811) HM |
| On Smoketown Road, on the right when traveling west. |
| | 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 |
| 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 |
| On Smoketown Road, on the right when traveling west. |
| | U.S.A. Sixth Army Corps. Irwin's Brigade, Smith's Division. Col. William H. Irwin, 49th Pennsylvania Infantry, Commanding. Organization. 7th Maine Infantry, 20th 33rd 49th & 77th New York Infantry. September 17, 1862. Irwin's Brigade reached the . . . — — Map (db m6023) HM |
| On Smoketown Road, on the right when traveling west. |
| | 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 |
| On Smoketown Road, on the left when traveling west. |
| | U.S.A. Jackson's Command. Trimble's Brigade, Ewell's Division. Col. James A. Walker, 13th Virginia Infantry, Commanding. Organization. 15th Alabama Infantry, 12th Georgia Infantry, 21st Georgia Infantry, 21st North Carolina Battalion. September . . . — — Map (db m6033) HM |
| On Smoketown Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | 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 |
| On Smoketown Road, on the right when traveling north. |
| | 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 |
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