Dedicated on September 17, 1903, two monuments mark positions of Hexamer's Battery on the Antietam battlefield. The first is on Smoketown Road near the intersection with Mumma Lane (top right), and the second on the north side of the Sunken Road near the Observation Tower (lower right and bottom). (see map)
The battery was commanded throughout its three year service by Captain William (Wilhelm) Hexamer. It was armed at Antietam with six 10-pounder Parrott Rifles.
From the Smoketown Road monument:
Hexamer's (New Jersey) Battery
September 17, 1862
From a position about 60 yards south of
this point the battery, between 2 and 3 p.m.
engaged and silenced the Confederate
Artillery around the Dunker Church.
see enlargement
From the Sunken Road monument:
Hexamer's (New Jersey) Battery
September 17, 1862
From 3:30 p.m. until near sunset this
Battery from a point about 80 yards
north of this, engaged the enemy around
the Piper Buildings.
Hexamer's Battery is also honored on the New Jersey State Monument and by a monument at Gettysburg.
See more on New Jersey's Battery A in the Civil War
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