Administered by United States Department of the Interior National Park Service Washington District of Columbia
Located Antietam National Battlefield Intersection of Cornfield Avenue & Old Hagerstown Pike Sharpsburg Maryland 21782
Date:
Dedicated Sept. 17, 1903
Notes:
Save Outdoor Sculpture, Maryland survey, 1993.
National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, MD0060, 1989.
Monumental News, Oct. 1902 and Nov. 1903.
Image on file.
(On plaque 1:) FIRST NEW JERSEY INFANTRY (On plaque 2:) THIRTEENTH NEW JERSEY INFANTRY (On plaque 3:) BATTERY A (On plaque 4:) FOURTH NEW JERSEY INFANTRY (On plaque 5:) THIRD NEW JERSEY INFANTRY (On plaque 6:) SECOND NEW JERSEY INFANTRY
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Summary:
Full-length figure of Captain Hugh C. Irish stands atop a shaft that rests on a tiered base. The figure holds his sword aloft in his proper right hand.
