Dedicated: October 13, 1903
Location: Just South of Burnside Bridge parking area
Map Number: 95
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Monument to William McKinley
![]() NPS Photo Monument Text: Sergeant McKinley Co. E. 23rd Ohio Vol. Infantry, while in charge of the Commissary Department, on the afternoon of the day of the battle of Antietam, September 17, 1862, personally and without orders served "hot coffee" and "warm food" to every man in the Regiment, on this spot and in doing so had to pass under fire. ![]() NPS Photo Ohioan William McKinley survived the Civil War, only to be killed by an assassin’s bullet while serving as the nation’s 25th President. |
Last updated: April 10, 2015