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Location: ANTIETAM BATTLEFIELD-BRANCH AVENUE

City: SHARPSBURG

State: Maryland

Zip Code: 21782

Type of Memorial: Stone Carving Memorials

Year Dedicated: 1903

Access: Public

Wars Commemorated: CIVIL WAR

Photograph By: CRAIG SWAIN


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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