• Cannon and Cornfield at Dawn

    Antietam

    National Battlefield Maryland

Georgia State Monument

Dedicated: September 20, 1961

Location: Cornfield Avenue

Map Number: 25

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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?

The Texas Flag

The First Texas Infantry lost 82% of their men killed, wounded and missing while fighting in the Cornfield at Antietam, the highest casualty rate for any Confederate regiment in one battle of the Civil War.