The monument to the 137th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment at Antietam is on Cornfield Avenue. It was dedicated on September 17, 1904. see location
The 137th Pennsylvania was commanded at the Battle of Antietam by Colonel Henry M. Bossert.
From the tabet on the front of the monument:
137th Pennsylvania
Volunteer Infantry
1st Brigade 2nd Division 6th Corps
Location of Regiment in action 415 yards
North of Monument
Battles participated in:
South Mountain (Crampton's Pass), Md.
Antietam, Md.
Fitzhugh's Crossing, Va.
Chancellorsville, Va.
Recruited in: Blair Butler Clinton Crawford
Schuylkill and Wayne counties
see enlargement of tablet from monument
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