WILLIAM MCKINLEY WAR MEMORIAL
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Listing Details
Location: ANTIETAM BATTLEFIELD-OLD BURNSIDE BRIDGE ROAD
City: SHARPSBURG
State: Maryland
Zip Code: 21782
Type of Memorial: War Memorials
Year Dedicated: 1903
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: CIVIL WAR
Photograph By: CRAIG SWAIN
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
SERGEANT MCKINLEY CO. E, 23RD OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, WHILE IN CHARGE OF THE COMMISSARY DEPARTMENT, ON THE AFTERNOON OF THE DAY OF THE BATTLE OF ANTIETAM, SEPTEMBER 17, 1862, PERSONALLY AND WITHOUT ORDERS SERVED “HOT COFFEE” AND “WARM FOOD” TO EVERY MAN IN THE REGIMENT, ON THIS SPOT AND IN DOING SO HAD TO PASS UNDER FIRE.
FOURTEEN YEARS MEMBER OF CONGRESS
TWICE GOVERNOR OF OHIO-1892-3 AND 1894-5
TWICE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES 1897-1900 AND 1901
SEE ALSO-WILLIAM MCKINLEY WAR MEMORIAL PLAQUES A & B
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