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Antietam National Battlefield
50th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Monument

Dedicated: September 17, 1904
Location: Rodman Avenue
Map Number: 71
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50th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Monument

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50th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Monument

1st Brigade
1st Division
9th Corps
Colonel Benjamin C. Christ
Casualties at Antietam
Killed 8
Wounded 46
Missing 3
Total 57

Recruited in Berks, Schuylkill, Bradford, Susquehanna, Lancaster and Luzerne Counties.

 
Battles participated in:
Coosaw Spotsylvania
Pocotaligo N.Y. River
Second Bull Run North Anna
Chantilly Bethesda Church
South Mountain Cold Harbor
Antietam Petersburg

Fredericksburg

The Crater
Vicksburg Weldon Railroad
Jackson Ream's Station
Blue Springs Poplar Spring Church
Campbell's Station Hatcher's Run
Siege of Knoxville Fort McGilvery
Wilderness Fort Stedman

Assault on Petersburg

Bodies on the battlefield  

Did You Know?
Alexander Gardner's photographs of Antietam were the first ever images to show dead soldiers on the field of battle. A New York Times article about the photographs said it was if the "dead had been laid at our doorsteps."
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Last Updated: July 25, 2006 at 00:29 EST