Antietam National Battlefield Hike

Inscription. (Front Side):
2nd Brig. 3rd Div. 2nd A.C.
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Advanced to this point in a charge about 9:30 A.M., September 17th, 1862 then fell back eighty-eight yards to a cornfield fence and held position heavily engaged nearly two hours; then was sent to
the support of the first brigade of its division at the Roulette Lane two hours; then was sent to the extreme left of the first division of this corps to the support of Brooke's Brigade and at 5 p.m. was placed in support between the Brigades of Caldwell and Meagher of that Division overlooking "Bloody Lane" holding position there until 10 a.m. of the 18th when relieved.


(Left Side):
This monument stands on the line of companies B. and G. near the left of the regiment. In this battle the regiment lost 38 killed and mortally
wounded, 88 wounded and 21 reported missing

Regiment mustered
August 23, 1862 with 1015 men.
Recruits 697 men, Total 1712.

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Battle record from Antietam to Appomattox
Engagements 34
Killed and Mortally
wounded 202
Died of disease 166
Wounded 549
Discharged for
disability 319

Erected by the State of Connecticut 1894

Inscription.
Erected by the survivors of Company A & I to the memory of our fallen comrads who fell on this spot
September 17, 1862.
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This stone marks the extreme advance of Weber's Brigade French's Div. 2nd Army Corps
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Can their glory ever fade!

Inscription.
(Front):
130 Pennsylvania Vounteer Infantry
2 Brigade
3 Division
2 Corps

(Rear):
This memorial marks the regiment's right of line in battle. Its left extended to Roulette's Lane below.
It went into battle by way of the Roulette Farm buildings about 9:30 a.m. and, driving back the enemy, maintained its position at and immediately northeast of this point on the high ground overlooking bloody lane, until 1:30 o'clock p.m., when withdrawn to replenish its exhausted ammunition and then occupied the reserve line.

Casualties at Antietam
Killed in battle 32
Died from wounds 14
Non-fatal wounds 132
Total 178

Recruited in Cumberland York Montgomery Dauphin
and Chester Counties

On the morning of September 17, 1862, three divisions of Gen. Edwin Sumner’s Second Corps crossed Antietam Creek. The first division moved toward the West Woods while the other two divisions advanced to the Sunken Road. Gen. William Henry French’s division led the attack. Within an hour, Gen. Israel Richardson was in position to support him. Outnumbered, the Confederates in the road stood their ground for nearly three hours. Finally, the Federals were successful in driving them from this strong position. In three hours of combat 5,500 soldiers were killed or wounded and neither side gained a decisive advantage.

--From Antietam Battlefield Website

Built by the War Department in 1896 as part of the early development efforts by the military to create an open-air classroom at the battlefield. The tower is located at a corner of "Bloody Lane" and is open except during inclement weather.

1st Delaware Volunteers

Colonel John W. Andrews
3rd Brigade, 3rd Division, II Corps

On the morning of Sept. 17, 1862 this regiment crossed Antietam Creek forming right of first line of French's Division. Advanced with heavy skirmishing through Roulette Farm and became fiercely engaged immediately in front of Sunken Road. Withdrew to stronger position 100 yards north of here. 8 of the 10 company commanders and entire color-guard killed or wounded

Losses
Officers Men
Killed 3 26
Wounded 10 172
Missing 17

Total 230 of 708 engaged

This trail connects the north end trails to the south
end trails.It also takes you to some of the quietest and most beautiful areas of the park. The trail connects to the Bloody Lane Trail in the north and the Sherrick Farm Trail in the south.

For more than three hours on September 17, 1862, Confederate Gen. Robert Toombs and fewer than 500 Georgia soldiers manned this imposing position against three Federal assaults made by Gen. Ambrose Burnside’s much larger Ninth Corps. Confederate General James Longstreet wrote of the action, “Gen. Toombs held the bridge and defended it most gallantly, driving back repeated attacks, and only yielded it after the force brought against him became overwhelming and threatened his flank and rear.”

About 1:00 p.m., with Union soldiers crossing downstream and another attack made on the bridge, Toombs and his men had to retreat. However, the strong delaying action provided much needed time to allow Gen. A.P. Hill’s Confederate soldiers, marching from Harpers Ferry to arrive on the field.

21st Mass. Vol. Infantry
2nd Brig. 2nd Div.
9th A.C.
Erected by
21st Regt. Mass. Vol.
Association

The following Comrades
were killed near
this bridge:

2nd Lieut. Henry C. Holbrook Co. "D"
Priv. Wm. B. Boynton Co. "D"
Priv. Amos S. Eastman Co. "E"
Corp. Henry K. Buss Co. "E"
Priv. Geo. T. Bigelow Co. "G"
Corp. Jas. S. Stratton Co. "G"
Priv. Daniel Daley Co. "I"
Priv. Chas. Leonard Co. "E"
1st Sergt. Geo. W. Davis Co. "E"
Priv. Chas. S. Brigham
and 35 other wounded


The Thirty-fifth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteers
Crossed this bridge with Ferrero's Brigade, Ninth Army Corps at noon, Sept. 17, 1862, and moved to the right up the hill where, at the lane, two hundred and fourteen of their officers and men were killed or wounded.

Inscription.

Down the narrow valley directly across the creek swept Burnside's doomed attack columns. For the entire distance to the bridge, they were exposed to deadly short-range fire from the riflemen on this ridge. The final successful thrust at 1 o'clock came down the steep slope directly opposite the bridge.

General Rodman's Division crossed the Antietam here at 1:00 P.M. on Sept. 17 at almost the same moment, other units in the IX Corps took the Burnside Bridge. Rodman's men marched up the draw behind you, on their way to the final action of the day on the fields south of Sharpsburg. For the next 500 yards this trail is parallel to Rodman's route of advance. Rodman was killed at the close of battle.

Inscription.
(Front):
January 29, 1843 - September 14, 1901

(Rear):
Fourteen Years Member of Congress
Twice Governor of Ohio 1892-3 and 1894-5
Twice President of United States 1897-1900 and 1901.

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.

At 10 A.M., September 16, 1862, four companies of the Fourth United States Infantry crossed the stone bridge over the Antietam at this point and took position behind the rock ledge and barn on the left of the road and under the bank on the right. At noon two companies were thrown out as skirmishers and advanced on either side of the road to high ground, about 350 yards west, to hold in check the advance of the enemy. At sunset the Fourth was relieved by the First Battalion, Twelfth United States Infantry. At noon of the 17th, several battalions of regular infantry, Pleasanton's Cavalry Division and horse batteries crossed the bridge and moved in the direction of Sharpsburg, the Twelfth Infantry acting as a support to the Artillery and advancing with it.

William and Margaret Roulette lived at this farm with their five children during the battle. The Roulettes did not own slaves, but the household also included Nancy Camel, age 40, a freed slave who is listed in the 1860 census as a black servant, as well as a young African-American man William, age 15, listed as a farm hand.

After the battle the Roulette Farm served as a hospital for the wounded soldiers.

Many bodies were first buried in the farmers’fields for several years and then re-interred in the surrounding cemeteries,including the National Cemetery)

The Mumma Family evacuated to the Sherrick Farm when the Confederates burned their house down.

Inscription.
Shepard Rifles
Col. Robert B. Potter
2d Brigade - Ferrero's 2d Division - Sturgis'
9th Army Corps - Burnside's
Army of the Potomac
Sept. 17, 1862

In compliance with orders received from
General Burnside on the morning of September 17,
the 51st New York and the 51st Pennsylvania were
selected to carry this bridge at all hazards.
The 51st New York, with the 51st Pennsylvania
on its right, formed on the ridge in the rear of this
position, moved forward at double quick, and at
One P.M. carried the bridge at the point of the
Bayonet. The passage was obstinately disputed.

Casualties
1 officer and 18 men killed
4 officers and 64 men wounded
Total 87

2nd Md Infantry

At 9:30 a.m. advanced on the stone bridge,
defended by Toombs' Brigade and two batteries on high ground beyond. Charged to within 100 yards of the
bridge when, checked by the severity of the enemy's fire it took shelter along the bank of the stream and was engaged until 1:30 p.m. the bridge being carried it crossed to the hills and the battle beyond.

Engaged 187 men lost 18 killed. 48 wounded. 3 missing.

Erected in 1900 by State of Maryland.

The Thirty-fifth Regiment of Massachusetts Volunteers
Crossed this bridge with Ferrero's Brigade, Ninth Army Corps at noon, Sept. 17, 1862, and moved to the right up the hill where, at the lane, two hundred and fourteen of their officers and men were killed or wounded.

Not too interested in me although it did come over to the fence to see if I wanted to pet it