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Antietam National Battlefield
36th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Monument

Dedicated: 1903
Location: Branch Avenue on the south end of the Battlefield
Map Number: 74
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36th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Monument

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36th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Monument

36th Infantry
Commanded by
Lieut. Col. Melvin Clarke (Killed)
Crook's (2d) Brigade
Kanawha Division
Ninth Army Corps
Army of the Potomac
OHIO

This Regiment advanced near the Bridge over Antietam Creek on the morning of September 17, 1862, supporting Sturgis' Division. It participated in the charge by which the Bridge was captured. Lieut. Col. Melvin Clarke was killed near this spot.

Its loss was 1 officer and 1 man killed; 21 men wounded; 2 men missing. Total 25.

President Lincoln  

Did You Know?
President Abraham Lincoln visited Antietam Battlefield two weeks after the battle and spent four days visiting General George McClellan, touring the battlefield and visiting the wounded of both sides.

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