• Burnside Bridge across Antietam Creek

    Antietam

    National Battlefield Maryland

O.T. Reilly Monument

Dedicated: 1927
Location: Across from the park Visitor Center in front of private home
Map Number: 47
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O. T. Reilly Monument

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O. T. Reilly Monument

Monument Text:

To the memory of the
Old Dunkard Church

The oak tree that stood in front and the Union Civil War Veterans of Sharpsburg, Maryland

Erected by O.T. Reilly The Half-Century Antietam Battlefield Guide 1927

Did You Know?

Did You Know?

Six generals were killed or mortally wounded at the Battle of Antietam - 3 Union and 3 Confederate. Today, the location where they were killed is marked by a mortuary cannon, a cannon barrel muzzle down in a block of stone.