Administered by United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Washington District of Columbia
Located Antietam National Battlefield Branch Avenue Sharpsburg Maryland 21782
Date:
Dedicated Sept. 17, 1904
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Maryland survey, 1993.
National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, MD0029, 1989.
Monumental News, Jan. 1905, pg. 31-32.
Image on file.
(On plaque on base:) 45th PENNSYLVANIA/VOLUNTEER INFANTRY/2ND BRIGADE 1ST DIVISION/9TH CORPS/THE REGIMENT ADVANCED 264 YARDS/NORTHWEST OF THIS POINT/RETURNING TO THIS POSITION LATE IN THE DAY/CASUALTIES AT ANTIETAM/KILLED 1/WOUNDED 36/MISSING 1/TOTAL 38/RECRUITED IN CENTRE LANCASTER MIFFLIN TIOGA AND WAYNE COUNTIES unsigned
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Summary:
Full-length figure of a uniformed Union infantryman stands atop a square pedestal on a low base. He holds a musket at the barrel in his proper left hand with the butt at his foot. He is biting off the end of a paper cartridge, held in his proper right hand, in order to load his weapon.