• Burnside Bridge across Antietam Creek

    Antietam

    National Battlefield Maryland

Private Soldier Monument

Dedicated: September 17, 1880
Location: Center of Antietam National Cemetery
Map Number: 67
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The Private Soldier Monument

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The Private Soldier Monument is known locally at "Old Simon"

Monument Text:

Not for themselves but for their country

September 17, 1862

Did You Know?

The Maryland State Monument at Antietam

The Maryland State Monument is the only monument at Antietam dedicated to both sides. Marylanders fought for both the Union and the Confederacy. 20,000 people attended the dedication on May 30, 1900.  President William McKinley, a veteran of the Battle of Antietam, was the keynote speaker