124th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry

Dedicated: September 17, 1904
Location: Intersection of Hagerstown Turnpike and Starke Avenue
Map Number: Map 1, Position 10
   
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124th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry
Colonel Joseph W. Hawley
Sept. 17, 1862
Antietam
Chancellorsville
May 1-2-3, 1863

Recruited in Chester and Delaware Counties August 1862
for
Nine Months Service

Erected by
State of
Pennsylvania
and
Survivors
Association
1904

Casualties at Antietam
Killed   5
Wounded   42
Missing   17
Total   64

1st Brigade
1st Division
12th Corps

It was near this spot that the Regiment within Six Weeks after leaving home took an active part in this great battle.

Virtue, Liberty and Independence

Erected by
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

 

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