• Cannon and Cornfield at Dawn

    Antietam

    National Battlefield Maryland

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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19th Indiana Infantry Monument
19th Indiana Infantry Monument
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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.

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.