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By Craig Swain, February 9, 2008
Inscription of the 45th Pennsylvania Infantry Monument
SHOWN IN SOURCE-SPECIFIED ORDER
| On Branch Avenue at Old Burnside Bridge Road, on the left when traveling south on Branch Avenue. |
| | 2nd Brigade 1st Division 9th Corps The regiment advanced 264 yards northwest of this point returning to this position later in the day ————— Casualties at Antietam Killed 1 Wounded 36 Missing 1 Total 38 . . . — — Map (db m11424) HM |
| On Branch Avenue at Old Burnside Bridge Road, on the left when traveling south on Branch Avenue. |
| | 2nd Brigade 1st Division 9th Corps Location 495 yards north 79 degrees west —————— Casualties at Antietam Wounded 7 Missing 1 Total 8 Recruited in Lawrence Washington Butler Beaver Mercer and Westmoreland . . . — — Map (db m6513) HM |
| On Branch Avenue, on the left when traveling south. |
| | (Front of Monument): 36th Infantry commanded by Lieut. Col. Melvin Clarke (Killed) Crook's (2d) Brigade Kanawha Division Ninth Army Corps Army of the Potomac Ohio (Rear of Monument): This Regiment advanced near the Bridge over . . . — — Map (db m6518) HM |
| On Branch Avenue, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Outnumbered Southerners watched the Northern Ninth Corps climb the hills toward them: "The first thing we saw was the gilt eagle that surmounted the pole, then the top of the flag, next the flutter of the stars and stripes itself, slowly . . . — — Map (db m6520) HM |
| On Branch Avenue, on the left when traveling south. |
| | "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 |
| On Branch Avenue, on the left when traveling south. |
| | The battle was over, but the two armies still faced one another. The Union army was still twice as strong. General Robert E. Lee, CSA "If McClellan wants to fight in the morning, I will give him battle again." Lee stayed at Antietam one more . . . — — Map (db m6519) HM |
| On Branch Avenue, on the left when traveling south. |
| | 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 |
| On Branch Avenue, on the left when traveling south. |
| | (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 |
| On Branch Avenue, on the left when traveling south. |
| | U.S.A. Ninth Army Corps. Crook's Brigade, Kanawha Division, Col. George Crook, 36th Ohio Infantry, Commanding. Organization. 11th, 28th and 36th Ohio Infantry, Simmonds' (Ky.) Battery. September 16-17, 1862. On the evening of September 16th . . . — — Map (db m6566) HM |
| On Branch Avenue, on the right when traveling south. |
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(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 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. |
| | C.S.A. Longstreet's Command, Drayton's Brigade, Jones' Division Brig. Gen. Thomas F. Drayton, Commanding. Organization. 50th Georgia Infantry, 51st Georgia Infantry, 15th South Carolina Infantry, (September 15-17, 1862.) Drayton's Brigade . . . — — Map (db m6597) HM |
| On Branch Avenue, on the left when traveling south. |
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(Front of Monument): OHIO 28th Infantry Commanded by Lieut. Col. Gottfried Becker Crooks (2d) Brigade Kanawha Division Ninth Army Corps
Army of the Potomac (Rear of Monument): This Regiment was conducted by Gen. Crook on a . . . — — Map (db m155756) HM |
| On Branch Avenue, on the left when traveling south. |
| | 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 |
| On Branch Avenue, on the right when traveling south. |
| | C.S.A. Longstreet's Command. Kemper's Brigade, D.R. Jones' Division, Brig. Gen. James L. Kemper, Commanding. Organization. 1st, 7th, 11th, 17th and 24th Virginia Infantry. (September 15-17, 1862.) Kemper's Brigade reached Sharpsburg about noon . . . — — Map (db m6602) HM |
| On Branch Avenue, on the right when traveling south. |
| | C.S.A. Wise (Virginia) Artillery. Capt. J.S. Brown, Commanding. The Wise Artillery was the only one of the four batteries attached to D.R. Jones' Division which was present on the field. During the greater part of the engagement it occupied the . . . — — Map (db m6606) HM |
| On Branch Avenue, on the left when traveling south. |
| | 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 |
| On Branch Avenue, on the left when traveling south. |
| | U.S.A. Ninth Army Corps Ferrero's Brigade, Sturgis' Division Brigadier General Edw. Ferrero, Commanding. Organization. 51st New York, 51st Pennsylvania, 21st and 35th Massachusetts Infantry. (September 17, 1862.) After Ferrero's Brigade carried . . . — — Map (db m6610) HM |
| On Branch Avenue, on the left when traveling south. |
| | 51st Pennsylvania
Volunteer Infantry
2nd Brigade 2nd Division 9th Corps
Location 385 yards South 70 Degrees East
——— Casualties at Antietam
Killed 21
Wounded 99
Total 120
Recruited in Montgomery Northampton . . . — — Map (db m6661) HM |
| On Branch Avenue, on the left when traveling south. |
| | Durell's Independent Battery "D" Pennsylvania Artillery 2nd Brigade 2nd Division 9th Corps Posted 375 yards south 70 degrees east ——— Casualties at Antietam Wounded 3 Recruited in Berks and Bucks Counties . . . — — Map (db m6664) HM |
| On Branch Avenue, on the left when traveling south. |
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(Front Inscription): 48th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry 1st Brigade 2nd Division 9th Corps Location 385 yards south 70 degrees east ————— Casualties at Antietam Killed 8 Wounded 51 Missing 1 Total 60 . . . — — Map (db m6665) HM |
| On Branch Avenue, on the right when traveling south. |
| | U.S.A. Ninth Army Corps, Nagle's Brigade, Sturgis' Division Brig. Gen. James Nagle, Commanding. Organization. 2nd Maryland Infantry, 9th New Hampshire Infantry, 6th New Hampshire Infantry, 48th Pennsylvania Infantry. (September, 17, 1862.) The . . . — — Map (db m6666) 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 |
| On Branch Avenue, on the left when traveling south. |
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(Front Inscription): OHIO
23d Infantry
Commanded by
Major James M. Comly
Hugh Ewing's (1st) Brigade
Kanawha Division
Ninth Army Corps
Army of the Potomac (Rear Inscription):
This Regiment with its Brigade . . . — — Map (db m6669) HM |
| On Branch Avenue, on the left when traveling south. |
| | U.S.A. Ninth Army Corps Ewing's Brigade, Kanawha Division. Col. Hugh Ewing, 30th Ohio Infantry, Commanding. Organization. 12th, 23d and 30th Ohio Infantry, McMullin's Battery, Ohio Light Artillery. September 16-17, 1862. On the evening of . . . — — Map (db m6684) HM |
| On Branch Avenue, on the right when traveling south. |
| | C.S.A. Archer's Brigade In its advance from the Antietam Furnace Road, west of this point, on the afternoon of September 17th, 1862. Archer's Brigade of A.P. Hill's Division encountered the Federal troops posted behind the stone wall forming the . . . — — Map (db m6689) HM |
| On Branch Avenue, on the right when traveling south. |
| | Brigadier General L. O'B. Branch C.S.A. killed here. — — Map (db m6692) HM |
| On Branch Avenue, on the left when traveling south. |
| | 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 |
| On Branch Avenue, on the left when traveling south. |
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(Front Inscription):
Ohio 30th Infantry
Commanded by Lieut. Col. Theodore Jones (captured) Major George H. Hildt Hugh Ewing's (1st) Brigade Kanawha Division Ninth Army Corps
Army of the Potomac
(Rear Inscription): This . . . — — Map (db m6685) HM |
| On Branch Avenue, on the left when traveling south. |
| | U.S.A. Ninth Army Corps. Harland's Brigade, Rodman's Division. Col. Edward Harland, 8th Connecticut Infantry, Commanding. Organization. 8th, 11th, and 16th Connecticut Infantry, 4th Rhode Island Infantry. September 17, 1862. On the morning of . . . — — Map (db m6701) 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 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 |
| 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 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 Branch Avenue, on the right when traveling south. |
| | C.S.A. Jackson's Command. Gregg's Brigade, Hill's Light Division, Brigadier General Maxcy Gregg, Commanding. Organization. 1st South Carolina Infantry, (Provisional Army.) 12th, 13th, and 14th South Carolina Infantry, and 1st South Carolina . . . — — Map (db m6759) HM |
| On Branch Avenue, on the left when traveling south. Reported missing. |
| | C.S.A. Walker's Division, Longstreet's Command Brig. Gen. John G. Walker, Commanding. September 17, 1862. At daybreak of the 17th, Walker's Division with the Virginia Batteries of French and Branch occupied the rounded hills southeast of this . . . — — Map (db m6760) HM |
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