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Antietam National Battlefield
51st Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Monument

Dedicated: September 17, 1904
Location: Branch Avenue
Map Number: 79
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51st Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Monument

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51st Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Monument

Monument Text:
51st
PENNSYLVANIA
VOLUNTEER
INFANTRY
2nd Brigade 2nd Division
9th Corps
Location 385 yds South
70 Degrees East

Casualties at Antietam
Killed 21
Wounded 99
Total 120

Recruited in Montgomery, Northampton, Union Centre, Lycoming and Snyder Counties.

 
Roanoke Island Newbern
Camden Second Bull
Run Chantilly South Mountain
Antietam Fredericksburg
Vicksburg Jackson
Cambell's Station Knoxville
Wilderness Spotsylvania
North Anna Cold Harbor
Petersburg The Crater
Reams Station Weldon Railroad
Hatcher's Run Assault on Petersburg


Virtue, Liberty and Independence

Erected by Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
Cannon with fall colors  

Did You Know?
Robert E. Lee's son, Robert Jr., was a private with the Rockbridge Artillery who fought at the Battle of Antietam

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