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Antietam National Battlefield
45th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Monument

Dedicated: September 17, 1904
Location: Branch Avenue
Map Number: 72
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45th Pennsylvania Infantry Monument

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45th Pennsylvania Infantry Monument

Monument Text:
45th Pennsylvania
Volunteer Infantry
2nd Brigade
1st Division
9th Corps
The Regiment advanced 264 yards Northwest of this point, retiring to this position later in the day.
Casualties at Antietam
Killed 1
Wounded 36
Missing 1
Total 38

Recruited in Centre, Lancaster, Mifflin, Tioga and Wayne Counties
Secessionville (near Charleston)
South Mountain
Antietam
Fredericksburg
Vicksburg
Jackson
Blue Springs
Campbell's Station
Weldon Railroad
Hatcher's Run
Siege of Knoxville 
Wilderness
Spotsylvania
North Anna 
Cold Harbor
Petersburg
The Crater
Poplar Spring Church
Assault on Petersburg 

Virtue, Liberty and Independence

Erected by Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Did You Know?  

Did You Know?
Union General John Gibbon who served at Antietam and fought in the infamous Cornfield had three brothers who served in the Confederate army.

Last Updated: July 25, 2006 at 00:29 EST