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By Brian Scott, September 19, 2015
2nd Vermont Regiment, U.S. Sharpshooters Monument
SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
| | Sept. 17, 1862 Company E, Capt. Homer R. Stoughton ————— Company H. Lieut. Albert Buxton Vermont — — Map (db m5816) HM |
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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 |
| | Americans fought back and forth across the Cornfield for three hours. Those three hours may encompass the most concentrated fury in American history. The Union First Corps and Twelfth Corps were fought out. On the Confederate side, Jackson's corps . . . — — Map (db m5813) HM |
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"Through a shower of bullets and shells, it was only the thoughts of home that brought me from that place." Pvt. James Dougherty, 128th Pennsylvania Infantry, wounded in the Cornfield (1) At daybreak, Gen. Joseph Hooker's First Corps, . . . — — Map (db m20624) HM |
| | 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 |
| | At the Battle of Antietam
On this spot, known as "The Cornfield," the 84th N.Y. Volunteer Infantry (14th Brooklyn, N.Y.S.M.) of the 1st Brigade, Col. Phelps, 1st Division Gen. Doubleday, 1st Corps, Gen. Hooker, was hotly engaged on the . . . — — Map (db m5654) 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 |
| | 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 |
| | C.S.A. Longstreet's Command. Wofford's Brigade, Hood's Division, Col. W.T. Wofford, 18th Georgia, Commanding. Organization. Hampton (S.C.) Legion, 18th Georgia, 1st, 4th, and 5th Texas Infantry. (September 17, 1862.) At [erased]a.m., . . . — — Map (db m5656) 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. Longstreet's Command. Wofford's Brigade, Hood's Division. Col. W.T. Wofford, 18th Georgia Infantry, Commanding. Organization 18th Georgia Infantry, Hampton (S.C.) Legion, 1st Texas Infantry, 4th Texas Infantry, 5th Texas Infantry. . . . — — Map (db m5666) HM |
| | We sleep here in obedience to law; When duty called, we came. when country called, we died. — — Map (db m5667) HM |
| | C.S.A. Jackson's Command. Lawton's Brigade, Ewell's Division. Col. M. Dougass, 13th Georgia Infantry, Commanding. Organization. 13th, 26th, 31st, 38th, 60th, and 61st Georgia Infantry. (September 16-17, 1862.) At 10 p.m., of the 16th, Lawton's . . . — — Map (db m5688) HM |
| | 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 |
| | (Wadsworth Guards) ————— 1st Brigade (Duryee's) 2nd Division (Rickett's) First Corps (Hooker's) Fought in the 'Cornfield,' near this spot, September 17, 1862 in the memorable morning engagement between Hooker and . . . — — Map (db m5691) HM |
| | 1st Brigade 1st Division 12th Corps Location 315 feet north ———— Casualties at Antietam Killed 26 Wounded 86 Missing 6 Total 118 Recruited in Berks Lehigh and Bucks Counties ———— Battles participated . . . — — Map (db m5692) HM |
| | 1st Brigade 2nd Division 6th Corps Location of regiment in action 415 yards north of monument ———— Battles participated in South Mountain (Crampton's Pass) MD. Antietam MD. Fitzhugh's Crossing VA. Chancellorsville VA. . . . — — Map (db m5693) HM |
| | 3d Brigade, 1st Division, 12th Army Corps Colonel Silas Colgrove Commanding, was engaged with the enemy 400 yards north of this marker, September 17th 1862. Number engaged 440. Killed and Wounded 209. — — Map (db m5697) HM |
| | Here fought the 90th Penna. (Phila.) Sept. 17, 1862 A hot place — — Map (db m5671) 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. 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 |
| | 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 |
| | 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 |
| | 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 |
| | U.S.A. September 17-18, 1862. During and after Sedgwick's assault on the Confederates in the West Woods, a line of batteries was established, running from Mumma's Cemetery on the south, crossing the road at this point and extending northwardly . . . — — Map (db m5771) HM |
| | C.S.A. Jackson's Command. Colquitt's Brigade, D.H. Hill's Division. Col. A.H. Colquitt, 6th Georgia Infantry, Commanding. Organization. 6th Georgia Infantry, 23d Georgia Infantry, 27th Georgia Infantry, 28th Georgia Infantry, 13th Alabama . . . — — Map (db m5773) HM |
| | 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 . . . — — Map (db m5774) 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 |
| | C.S.A. Longstreet's Command, Law's Brigade, Hood's Division, Colonel E.M. Law, 4th Alabama, Commanding, Organization. 4th Alabama Infantry, 2nd Mississippi Infantry, 6th North Carolina Infantry, 11th Mississippi Infantry. (September 17, 1862.) . . . — — Map (db m5786) HM |
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First position under artillery fire, about 150 yards north of this point at 10 a.m. advanced to the Hagerstown Road and became closely engaged. — — Map (db m5789) 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 |
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(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 |
| | 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 |
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