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Antietam National Battlefield
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
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Army of Northern Virginia Monument
 

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?
Union General John Gibbon who served at Antietam and fought in the infamous Cornfield had three brothers who served in the Confederate army.

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