• Cannon and Cornfield at Dawn

    Antietam

    National Battlefield Maryland

Army of Northern Virginia Monument

Dedicated: Before 1918

Location: Route 65 at the Entrance to the Piper Farm

Map Number: 62

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Army of Northern Virginia Monument
Army of Northern Virginia Monument
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Monument Text: A.N.V.

Near this spot an abandoned Confederate gun manned by a Second Lieutenant of the 6th Virginia Infantry Mahone's Brigade and two Infantry Volunteers from Anderson's Georgia Brigade, was placed in action September 17, 1862.

Did You Know?

Did You Know?

Six generals were killed or mortally wounded at the Battle of Antietam - 3 Union and 3 Confederate. Today, the location where they were killed is marked by a mortuary cannon, a cannon barrel muzzle down in a block of stone.