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Antietam National Battlefield
124th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Monument

Dedicated: September 17, 1904
Location: Intersection of Hagerstown Turnpike and Starke Avenue
Map Number: 10
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124th Pennsylvania Infantry Monument

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124th Pennsylvania Infantry Monument

Monument Text:
124th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry
Colonel Joseph W. Hawley
Sept. 17, 1862
Antietam
Chancellorsville
May 1-2-3, 1863

Recruited in Chester and Delaware Counties August 1862 for Nine Months Service

Erected by State of Pennsylvania and Survivors Association 1904

Casualties at Antietam
Killed 5
Wounded 42
Missing 17
Total 64
1st Brigade
1st Division
12th Corps

It was near this spot that the Regiment within Six Weeks after leaving home took an active part in this great battle.

Virtue, Liberty and Independence

Erected by Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Artillery at Antietam  

Did You Know?
Over 500 cannons particpated in the Battle of Antietam, firing over 50,000 rounds of ammunition. The cannonade was so severe that Confederate artillery commander Colonel S.D. Lee described the battle as "artillery hell."

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