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84TH NEW YORK VOLUNTEER INFANTRY REGIMENT WAR MEMORIAL

84TH NEW YORK VOLUNTEER INFANTRY REGIMENT WAR MEMORIAL
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Location: ANTIETAM BATTLEFIELD-CORNFIELD AVENUE

City: SHARPSBURG

State: Maryland

Zip Code: 21782

Type of Memorial: Cemetery Stones

Year Dedicated: 1915

Access: Public

Wars Commemorated: CIVIL WAR

Photograph By: CRAIG SWAIN

Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org

ON THIS SPOT KNOWN AS “THE CORNFIELD” THE 84TH N.Y. VOLUNTEER INFANTRY (14TH BROOKLYN, N.Y.S.M.) WAS HOTLY ENGAGED ON THE MORNING OF SEPTEMBER 17, 1862. THE REGIMENT’S LOSS IN THE DAYS BATTLE WAS:
OFFICERS AND MEN KILLED 8
WOUNDED 23
AT “SOUTH MOUNTAIN”, THE PRELUDE TO “ANTIETAM” SEPTEMBER 14, 1862 IT LOSS;
KILLED 8
WOUNDED 18
MAKING IN THE TWO DAYS, A TOTAL LOSS OF 54 KILLED AND WOUNDED.
THIS MONUMENT IS GRATEFUL REMEMBRANCE OF THESE HER SONS, IS ERECTED BY THE STATE OF NEW YORK.


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