Two monuments to the 5th Maryland Infantry Regiment (U.S.A.) are near the Sunken Road (Bloody Lane) off Richardson Avenue at Antietam. They were dedicated on September 17, 1890. see map
The 5th Maryland was commanded at the Battle of Antietam by Major Leopold Blumenberg. He was wounded in the assault on the Sunken Road. According to one account, Captain William W. Bamberger briefly took over until he, too, was wounded, when Captain Salome Marsh then took command for the rest of the day. Another account has Captain Ernest Faehtz as taking command from Blumenberg.
From the main monument:
MARYLAND
5th MD Infantry
3rd - Max Weber's - Brigade
3rd - French's - Division
2nd - Sumner's - Corps
Advanced to the knoll
above the Bloody Lane,
300 feet in rear of
this marker. Loss 43
killed, 123 wounded.
The monument to the
Maryland troops is near
the Dunkard Church.
The regiment's monument to Companies A & I was dedicated on May 30, 1900 and is also located on the north side of Bloody Lane. From the monument:
Erected
by the survivors of
Company A & I
to the memory of our
fallen comrades who
fell on this spot
September 17, 1862.
This stone
marks the extreme advance
of Weber's Brigade
French's Div. 2nd Army Corps.
Can their glory ever fade.
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