The Lee Headquarters monument on the Antietam battlefield is on the north side of Route 34 on the west side of Sharpsburg. It was dedicated on September 17, 1936. see map
From the monument:
C.S.A.
On this site in an oak grove from Sept. 15 to Sept. 18, 1862 stood the Headquarters tent of General Robert E.
Lee, Commanding the Confederate forces.
Purchased, restored and marked by the West Virginia Division United Daughters of the Confederacy.
Unveiled Sept. 17, 1936
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