23RD OHIO INFANTRY REGIMENT WAR MEMORIAL
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Listing Details
Type of Memorial: Stone Carving Memorials
Year Dedicated: 1903
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: CIVIL WAR
Photograph By: CRAIG SWAIN
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THIS REGIMENT WITH ITS BRIGADE CROSSED THE FORD OF ANTIETAM CREEK IN THE AFTERNOON OF SEPT 17, 1862, AND HELD THIS POSITION UNTIL THE CLOSE OF THE BATTLE.
ITS LOSS WAS 8 MEN KILLED, 1 OFFICER AND 58 MEN WOUNDED, 2 MEN MISSING, TOTAL 69
TWO OF ITS MEMBERS AFTERWARDS BECAME PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: RUTHERFORD B. HAYES AND WILLIAM MCKINLEY.
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