The Vermont Brigade monument is on the west side of Mumma Lane. (Sharpsburg Pike tour map) It was dedicated in 1900.
The Vermont Brigade was unusual in the Army of the Potomac for having all its regiments from the same state. The brigade is also honored by monuments on the Gettysburg battlefield and the Wilderness battlefield.
The brigade was not heavily engaged at Antietam and suffered only light losses. Three days earlier at Crampton’s Gap, First Lieutenant George Hooker of the 4th Vermont earned the Medal of Honor by singlehandedly capturing a Confederate major and over 100 men, as well as their regiment’s colors.
Text from the monument:
Old Vermont Brigade
1861 – 1865
Brig. Gen. W.T. H. Brooks
Second Division, Sixth Corps
Second Regiment, Major James H. Walbridge
Third Regiment, Major Thomas O. Seaver
Fourth Regiment, Lieut. Col. Chas. B. Stoughton
Fifth Regiment, Colonel Lewis A. Grant
Sixth Regiment, Major Oscar S. Tuttle
Vermont
The view looks north along Mumma’s lane. The Antietam Visitor Center is just out of sight over the hill to the far left.
Location of the monument
The Vermont Brigade monument is north of Sharpsburg on Mumma Lane north of Richardson Avenue. (39°28’21.7″N 77°44’35.2″W)
See more on the history of the:
2nd Vermont Infantry Regiment
3rd Vermont Infantry Regiment
4th Vermont Infantry Regiment
5th Vermont Infantry Regiment
6th Vermont Infantry Regiment