New York Monuments at Antietam
“14th New York State Militia” “14th Brooklyn”
The monument to the 14th Brooklyn (84th New York Infantry Regiment) at Antietam is on the north side of Cornfield Avenue. (Cornfield Avenue West tour map) It was dedicated in 1915. The 14th Brooklyn is also honored by a monument at Gettysburg.
The 14th Brooklyn was commanded at Antietam by Major William H. deBevoise. The regiment wore a colorful red-legged uniform modelled on the French Chasseurs, and was often known as the “Brooklyn Chasseurs.”
The 14th New York State Militia Regiment fought under that designation as well as the “14th Brooklyn” at Bull Run. The War Department assigned it the designation “84th New York Infantry Regiment” in December of 1861, but it successfully petitioned to continue to be known under its original name.
Text from the monument:
Fourteenth Brooklyn
At the Battle of Antietam
On this spot, known as “The Cornfield”, the 84th N.Y. Volunteer Infantry – (14th Brooklyn, N.Y. S. M. ) of the 1st Brigade, Col. Phelps, 1st Division – Gen. Doubleday, 1st Corps, Gen. Hooker, was hotly engaged on the morning of September 17, 1862
The Regiment’s loss in the day’s battle was, officers and men – Killed 8 Wounded 23
At “South Mountain”, the prelude to “Antietam” September 14, 1862, it lost – Killed 8 Wounded 18 making in the two days, a total loss of 54 killed and wounded.
This monument is grateful remembrance of these her sons. Erected by the State of New York
Location of the monument
The monument to the 84th New York Infantry Regiment at Antietam is north of the Visitor Center on the north side of Cornfield Avenue about 135 yards east of the old Hagerstown Pike (39°28’51.5″N 77°44’48.9″W).