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Antietam National Battlefield
Massachusetts State Monument

Dedicated: 1920
Location: Just South of Intersection of Hagerstown Turnpike and Cornfield Avenue
Map Number: 23
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Massachusetts State Monument
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Massachusetts State Monument
 
Monument Text:

Erected by the Commonweatlth of Massachusetts

to mark the position held by her troops

at the Battle of Antietam

September XVII  MDCCLXII

 

Second Infantry

Seventh Infantry

Ninth Infantry

Tenth Infantry

Twelfth Infantry

Thirteenth Infantry

Fifteenth Infantry

Nineteenth Infantry

Twentieth Infantry

Twenty-first Infantry

Twenty-Second Infantry

Twenty-Eighth Infantry

Twenty-Ninth Infantry

Thirty-Second Infantry

Thirty-Fifth Infantry

First Cavalry

First Battery

Third Battery

Eight Battery

First Co. Sharpshooters

Second Co. Sharpshooters



Did You Know?  

Did You Know?
Private Johnny Cook, a bugler with Battery B, 4th U.S., was awarded the Medal of Honor for his actions at Antietam when he was only 15 years old.

Last Updated: August 02, 2006 at 15:47 EST