• Cannon and Cornfield at Dawn

    Antietam

    National Battlefield Maryland

21st Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry Monument

Dedicated: September 17, 1898

Location: East side of Antietam Creek at Burnside Bridge

Map Number: 83

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21st Massachusetts Infantry Monument

21st Massachusetts Infantry Monument

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Monument Text:
21st Mass. Vol. Inf'y
2nd Brig. 2nd Div.
9th A.C.
The following Comrades were killed near this bridge:
2nd Lieut. Henry C. Holbrook Co. "D"
Priv. Wm. B. Boynton Co. "D"
Priv. Amos S. Eastman Co. "E"
Corp. Henry K. Buss Co. "E"
Priv. Geo. T. Bigelow Co. "G"
Corp. Jas. S. Stratton Co. "G"
Priv. Daniel Daley Co. "I"
Priv. Chas. Leonard Co. "E"
1st Sergt. Geo. W. Davis Co. "E"
Priv. Chas. S. Brigham
and 35 other wounded
Erected by 21st Regt. Mass. Vol.
Association

 

Did You Know?

Henry Kyd Douglas

Henry Kyd Douglas, the youngest staff officer for Gen. Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson was a native of the Sharpsburg area. His family home was just 4 miles west of the Battlefield. His uniform and personal library are part of the Battlefield collection.