• Burnside Bridge across Antietam Creek

    Antietam

    National Battlefield Maryland

Baltimore Battery, Maryland, Confederate

Dedicated: May 30, 1900

Location: Back (west side) of Philadelphia Brigade park

Map Number: 33

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Baltimore Battery Monument

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Baltimore Battery Monument

Monument Text:
Maryland
Baltimore Battery,
Jackson's Division
C.S.A.
The Battery, under the command of Capt. J.B. Brockenbrough, occupied a position near this marker at daybreak, and opened the battle on the Confederate side. The monument to the Maryland troops is near the Dunkard Church.

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.