3rd Pennsylvania Reserves (32nd Volunteer Infantry)

The monument to the 3rd Pennsylvania Reserves at Antietam is on Mansfield Avenue. It was dedicated on September 17, 1906. see map

From the tablet on the front of the monument:

3rd Regt. Pennsylvania
Reserve Corps
32nd Regt. Penna. Vol. Infantry
2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 1st Corps.

Arriving on the field on the afternoon of September 16th, Lieut. Col. John Clark. Comd'g. the Regiment immediately deployed eight companies as skirmishers.

When the 2nd Brigade advanced on the morning of September 17th, the Regiment fell into line, and 600 yards South of this point became engaged with Hood's Confederate Division.

Number engaged about 200

Casualties at Antietam
Killed 12
Wounded 34
Total 46

8 companies recruited in Berks Co.
3 companies recruited in Bucks Co.
3 companies recruited in Philadelphia
1 company recruited in Wayne Co.

Battles Participated In.

A War Department tablet next to the monument tells the story of the 3rd's parent brigade at Antietam.

See more on the 3rd Pennsylvania Reserves during the Civil War