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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.
Association

 

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Robert Gould Shaw

Did You Know?
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.
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