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Antietam National Battlefield
Battery B, 1st Maryland Light Artillery (USA) Monument

Dedicated: May 30, 1900
Location: North side of Cornfield Avenue
Map Number: 20
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Battery B, 1st Maryland Light Artillery(USA) Monument

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Battery B, 1st Maryland Light Artillery(USA)Monument

Monument Text:
MARYLAND
Battery B,
1st MD. Light Artillery
2nd - Smith's - Division
6th - Franklin's - Corps
The Battery under the
command of Lieut.
Theodore J. Vanneman,
occupied a position on
the edge of the East
Woods 240 yards
North from this marker.
The monument to the
Maryland troops is
near the Dunkard
Church.
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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