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Antietam National Battlefield
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

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21st Massachusetts Infantry Monument

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.
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Did You Know?
Six generals were killed or mortally wounded at the Battle of Antietam - 3 Union and 3 Confederate. Today, the location where they were killed is marked by a mortuary cannon, a cannon barrel muzzle down in a block of stone.

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