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Antietam National Battlefield
Purnell Legion Infantry, Maryland (USA) Monument

Dedicated: May 30, 1900
Location: Behind (West) of the Dunker Church
Map Number: 41
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Purnell Legion Infantry, Maryland (USA) Monument

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Purnell Legion Infantry, Maryland (USA) Monument

Monument Text:
Purnell Legion Infantry
Maryland
3rd Brigade
2nd Greene's Division
12th Mansfield's Corps
Occupied a line
running north from
this marker. Loss, 3
killed, 23 wounded.
The monument to the
Maryland troops is
near the Dunkard
Church.
William McKinley as a soldier and president.  

Did You Know?
William McKinley served at Antietam as a Commissary Sergeant in the 23rd Ohio Infantry before becoming the nation’s 25th President. A monument to him at Antietam was dedicated in his memory on October 13, 1903, two years after he was assassinated.

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