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Antietam National Battlefield
104th New York Volunteer Infantry Monument

Dedicated: 1917
Location: North side of Cornfield Avenue
Map Number: 16
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104th New York Infantry Monument

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104th New York Infantry Monument

Monument Text:
104th New York Infantry
(Wadsworth Guards)
1st Brigade 2nd Division
(Duryee's) (Rickett's)
First Corps (Hooker's)

Fought in the "Cornfield" near this spot. September 17th, 1862. In the Memorable Morning engagement between Hooker and Stonewall Jackson.
Killed, and died of wounds 18
Wounded 50
Unreported 14
Total 82

Erected by the State of New York
NEW YORK
Nelson Miles during the Civil War  

Did You Know?
Colonel Nelson Miles of the 64th New York Infantry was a volunteer officer at Antietam and was awarded the Medal of Honor for his bravery at Chancellorsville. After the Civil War he remained in the Army and by the Spanish American War in 1898 he was the Commanding General of the U.S. Army.

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