5th Maryland
5th Ohio
7th Ohio
8th Pennsylvania Reserve
11th Ohio
12th
Pennsylvania Cavalry
13th New Jersey
14th Brooklyn |
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Massachusetts
16th Connecticut
Fourteenth
Connecticut
20th New York
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48th Pennsylvania
66th Ohio
84th
New York
90th Pennsylvania |
124th Pennsylvania
125th
Pennsylvania
132nd Pennsylvania
Clara Barton
Georgia
Hawkins'
Zouaves
Irish Brigade
James
Nagle Panel |
Maryland
McKinley
New York State
Old Simon
Robert E.
Lee
Texas |
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This
photo was taken
on October 11, 2001 in the late-afternoon. The Texas Monument is located
on Cornfield Ave inside the Antietam National Battlefield at Sharpsburg,
Maryland. From near the site of the monument, Hood's Texas Brigade made
repeated charges into "The Cornfield" at very high cost. The monument
lists the regiments and a description of their activities. The monument is
one of only a handful of Confederate monuments at the park.
The following specifications for the monument are taken from The Monuments
at Antietam by Charles Adams, 2000. page 94.
"Pink Texas granite shaft 7 feet tall and 2 1/2 feet wide, one foot thick.
Erected by the State of Texas Nov 11, 1964." |
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Texas
State Monument
This is a closer view of the Texas State Monument at Antietam National
Battlefield located on Cornfield Ave. The monument honors the memory of
Hood's Texas Brigade commanded by Col. William T. Wofford of John Bell
Hood's Division, James Longstreet's Corps, Confederate Army of Northern
Virginia at the Battle of Sharpsburg/Antietam on Sept 17, 1862. This
brigade was decimated in the fighting at "The Cornfield".
The following regiments were part of Hood's Texas Brigade:
1st Texas Volunteer Infantry
4th Texas Volunteer Infantry
5th Texas Volunteer Infantry
18th Georgia Volunteer Infantry
Hampton's South Carolina Legion
The style and shape of this monument is similar to other Texas monuments
at War Between The States sites like Gettysburg, Mansfield, Galveston,
Bentonville, etc. |
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This photo was taken
Oct 11, 2001 at Antietam National Battlefield in the late-afternoon. The
Georgia Monument is located on Cornfield Ave not too far from the Texas
Monument. Inscribed on the Georgia State Monument are these touching
words:
"Georgia Confederate Soldiers
We sleep here in obedience to law
When country called we came
When duty called we died"
The following specifications for the monument are taken from The Monuments
at Antietam by Charles Adams, 2000. page 9.
" an 8 foot shaft of polished blue Elbeton Georgia granite, about 1 1/2
feet square in its major section resting on a slightly wider pedestal
block. Erected Sept 20, 1961" |
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McKinley Monument
This photo was taken at Antietam National Battlefield on Oct 11, 2001. It
shows the monument to William McKinley and is located near the parking area
by Burnside's Bridge. William McKinley was an enlisted-man in the 23rd Ohio
Volunteer Infantry who heroically brought food and drinks to the men of his
regiment while under fire near the famous bridge.
Later in life William McKinley was elected President of the United States.
During his second term McKinley was assassinated in Buffalo, NY and Vice
President Theodore Roosevelt became President. Ironically James A. Garfield
was also a member of the 23rd Ohio who later became President of the United
States and was assassinated, too. |
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84th
New York (14th Brooklyn) Monument; Marks the spot in The Cornfield where
the 84th N.Y. Volunteer Infantry (14th Brooklyn) of the 1st Brigade, 1st
Division, of General Hooker’s 1st Corps, was engaged on the morning of
September 17, 1862. The Regiment's loss in the day's battle was 8 killed,
23 wounded |
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8th
Pennsylvania Reserve
This monument near the northwest side of the Mumma Farm along
Mansfield Avenue marks the spot from where the Pennsylvania 8th Reserve
Volunteer Corps, 37th Regiment, advanced about 600 yards south and engaged
Hood’s Confederate Division. Division losses at Antietam: killed 12, wounded
44 |