The 7th Indiana Infantry Regiment monument at Antietam is north of the battlefield on the east side of State Rt. 6. (Mansfield Avenue tour map)
The 7th Indiana is also honored by a monument at Gettysburg.
About the monument
The monument is made from Barre, Vermont Granite. All the Indiana monuments at Antietam were designed by sculptor John K. Lowe and manufactured by the J.N. Forbes Company of Chambersburg, Pennsylvania. They were dedicated on September 17, 1910, the 48th anniversary of the battle.
About the 7th Indiana at Antietam
The regiment was held in reserve north of the Poffemberger farm to cover the corps artillery from Confederate Cavalry that was on the northwest flank of Lee’s army. It suffered no casualties in the battle.
Text from the monument:
The 7th Indiana Infantry
2nd Brigade 1st Division 1st Army Corps
Major Ira G. Groover, Commanding
occupied this position
at 4 P. M., September 17, 1862
Location of the monument
The monument at Antietam to the 7th Indiana Infantry is north of Sharpsburg on the east side of the Hagerstown Road (Maryland Route 65). It is about 210 yards north of Mansfield Road.