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Antietam National Battlefield
5th Maryland Volunteer Infantry, Company A & I Monument

Dedicated: September 17, 1890
Location: Just north of Bloody Lane
Map Number: 50
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5th Maryland Volunteer Infantry Company A & I (USA) monument

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5th Maryland Volunteer Infantry
Company A & I (USA) Monument

Monument Text:
Erected
by the survivors of
Company "A" & "I"
To the memory of our
fallen comrades
who fell on this spot
September 17, 1862

This stone marks the extreme advance of Weber's Brigade French's Div. 2nd Army Corps.

Can their glory ever fade

5th Md. Vet. Vol. Inf'y
Cannon with fall colors  

Did You Know?
Robert E. Lee's son, Robert Jr., was a private with the Rockbridge Artillery who fought at the Battle of Antietam

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