Confederate Monuments at Antietam
The monument to Lee’s Headquarters on the Antietam battlefield is on the west side of Sharpsburg. It was dedicated on September 17, 1936.
From the monument
C.S.A.
On this site
in an oak grove
from Sept. 15 to
Sept. 18, 1862 stood
the Headquarters
tent of
General
Robert E. Lee,
Commanding the
Confederate
forces.
Purchased, restored and marked
by the West Virginia Division
United Daughters of the Confederacy.
Unveiled Sept. 17, 1936
Location of the monument at Antietam
The monument is on the west side of the village of Sharpsburg. It is on the north side of West Main Street, Maryland Route 34. (39°27’19.3″N 77°45’36.7″W)