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Antietam National Battlefield
Battery A, 1st Maryland Light Artillery Monument

Dedicated: May 30, 1900
Location: Smoketown Road at the intersection with Mumma Lane
Map Number: 36
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Battery A, 1st Maryland Light Artillery (USA)

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Battery A, 1st Maryland Light Artillery (USA)

Monument Text:
MARYLAND
Battery A
1st MD Light Artillery
1st Slocum's Division
6th Franklin's Corps
The battery under the command of Capt. John W. Wolcott occupied a line 100 feet in rear of this marker and facing Dunkard Church. Loss 1 killed, 11 wounded. The monument to the Maryland troops is near the Dunkard Church.
Henry Kyd Douglas  

Did You Know?
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.

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