"Tounours Pret"

Erected by the State of New York to
the memory of the 9th New York Infantry - Hawkins' Zouaves - who fought on this
Field, Sept. 17, 1862.
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Members present for duty in action 373,
killed 54, wounded 158, missing 28,
total loss 240.
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Two Companies were detailed and engaged elsewhere and did not participate in
the advance.
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The greatest mortality occurred near this position, where the regiment contended with a superior force of infantry and artillery.
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About 2 P.M. having forded the Antietam Creek, the regiment meeting with desperate resistance, advanced to this position and held it until ordered elsewhere.