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Antietam National BattlefieldIrish Brigade Monument
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Antietam National Battlefield
19th Indiana Volunteer Infantry Monument

Dedicated: 1910
Location: East side of Hagerstown Turnpike just south of the Cornfield
Map Number: 28
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Monument Text:
19th INDIANA INFANTRY
4th BRIGADE, 1st DIVISION, 1st ARMY CORPS
Lieut. Col. Alois O. Bachman, Commanding
Until he fell mortally wounded
150 yards due East, occupied this ground
at 2 p.m. September 17, 1862.
Loss, 13 killed, 58 wounded.
Bodies on the battlefield  

Did You Know?
Alexander Gardner's photographs of Antietam were the first ever images to show dead soldiers on the field of battle. A New York Times article about the photographs said it was if the "dead had been laid at our doorsteps."
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