• Cannon and Cornfield at Dawn

    Antietam

    National Battlefield Maryland

Georgia State Monument

Dedicated: September 20, 1961

Location: Cornfield Avenue

Map Number: 25

Go to .pdf version of the Monument Map

Adopt-a-Monument

 
Georgia State Monument
Georgia State Monument
NPS Photo

Monument Text:

STATE OF GEORGIA 1776 (state seal) GEORGIA CONFEDERATE SOLDIERS
We sleep here in obedience to law; When duty called, we came, When country called, we died.

Did You Know?

Robert Gould Shaw

Robert Gould Shaw served as a Captain in the 2nd Massachusetts Infantry and was wounded in the Cornfield at Antietam before taking command of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry made famous in the movie Glory.