• Cannon and Cornfield at Dawn

    Antietam

    National Battlefield Maryland

20th New York Volunteer Infantry Monument

 
20th New York Volunteer Infantry Monument

20th New York Volunteer Infantry Monument

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Monument Text:
Twentieth Regiment
New York Volunteer Infantry
Turner Rifles
Third Brigade Second Division
Sixth Army Corps

Hatteras, N.C., Norfolk, Va.; Seven Days Battles Before Richmond, Crampton's Pass, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville.

The 20th Regiment N.Y. Vols.
was organized by the New York Turn - Verein
Mustered into U.S. Service
May 6, 1861
and Mustered out June 1, 1863
Casualties at the Battle
of Antietam
38 Killed
96 Wounded
11 Missing

Did You Know?

15th Massachusetts Infantry Monument

The 15th Massachusetts Infantry went into the Battle of Antietam with 606 soldiers. 318 were killed or wounded, the highest number for any Union regiment in the battle. Their monument features a wounded lion carved in granite.