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34th New York Volunteer Infantry
| Dedicated: | September 17, 1902 |
| Location: | Confederate Avenue behind (West) of the Dunker Church |
| Map Number: | Map 1, Position 39 |
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At 7:30 on the morning of September 17, 1862, the Thirty-fourth
Regiment left camp near Keedysville, crossed the Antietam Creek and
marched westward into the East Woods, now extinct. Facing Westward being
on the extreme left of Brigade line it emerged from the East Woods and
soon became heavily engaged with the Confederate forces in its front.
Crossing the open field and the Hagerstown Pike, it entered the West
Woods, now also extinct, the line extending North and South of the Dunkard
Church. The left of the Regiment being unprotected was in danger of
being enveloped by the enemy, and a hasty retreat became necessary;
the Regiment reforming near the East Woods with its organization intact.
In a very brief time 43 men had been killed and 74 wounded, the killed
being 13 percent of all engaged. Adjutant
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THIRTY-FOURTH REGIMENT
N.Y.S.V. Col. James A. Suiter Commanding enlisted under President Lincoln's Call, issued April 15, 1861, for 75,000 men, to serve two years. Mustered into the State service May 1, 1861 Mustered into the United States service June 15, 1861 Mustered out June 30, 1863 First Brigade Second Division Second Corps The surviving members of the Regiment, aided by the County of Herkimer, and the State of New York, have erected this monument, to the memory of the gallant men who fell on this and other Historic fields. The dead on this field were 43 and the wounded 74. |
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