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Antietam National Battlefield
13th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry Monument

Dedicated: September 17, 1903
Location: North Side of Cornfield Avenue
Map Number: 22
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13th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry Monument-position 1

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13th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry Monument-position 1

Position 1
Monument Text:
13th New Jersey Infantry
September 17, 1862
First position under artillery fire, about 150 yards north of this point. At 10 a.m. advanced to the Hagerstown Road and became closely engaged.

 

Second Monument
Dedicated: September 17, 1903
Location: East Side of Hagerstown Turnpike, North Cornfield Avenue
Map Number: 11

 
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13th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry Monument-position 2

Position 2
Monument Text:
13th New Jersey Infantry
September 17, 1862
Center of Regiment at 10:20 a.m. facing West. Part of the right wing was across the road.

 

Third Monument
Dedicated: September 17, 1903
Location: Confederate Avenue behind the Dunker Church
Map Number: 38

 
13th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry Monument position 3

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13th New Jersey Volunteer Infantry Monument-position 3

Monument Text:
13th New Jersey Infantry
September 17, 1862
Engaged in this position facing West from 11:20 a.m. to about 12 noon.
Robert Gould Shaw  

Did You Know?
Robert Gould Shaw served as a Captain in the 2nd Massachusetts Infantry and was wounded in the Cornfield at Antietam before taking command of the 54th Massachusetts Infantry made famous in the movie Glory.

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