Connecticut Monuments at Antietam
The monument to the 11th Connecticut infantry Regiment is in the woods east of Burnside’s Bridge. (Burnside Bridge Tour Map) It was dedicated on October 8, 1894.
Monument to the 11th Connecticut Infantry Regiment on the Antietam battlefield
Colonel Henry Kingsbury commanded the regiment at the start of the battle. He received four wounds and was carried from the field to the Rohrbach house, where he died later in the day. Lieutenant Colonel Griffin Stedman took command of the regiment and remained on the field until nightfall even though he was badly wounded in the leg. Major John Ward then took command. The regiment lost 37 men killed or mortally wounded and 103 men wounded.
The 11th Connecticut Infantry made the first assault on Burnside’s Bridge. A nearby marker tells more about the 11th Connecticut Infantry Regiment.
The front of the monument is topped by the Seal of the State of Connecticut carved in stone. It features a large bronze tablet showing the regiment’s assault on Burnside’s Bridge and the inscription:
11th Conn. V.I.
The rear of the monument is topped by the anchor-and-cannon symbol of the Union Ninth Army Corps and lists the names of the men who were killed or mortally wounded at Antietam:
9th Corps
Col. W. Kingsbury
Capt. J.D. Griswold, Co. A
Christian Steinmetz, Co. C
William Halbeass, Co. C
1st Sergt. J.R. Read, Co. D
Corp. G.R. Crane, Co. D
Edward Demming, Co. D
Lewis Dayton, Co. D
Alvin Flint, Co. D (Jr.)
1st Sergt. Hiram C. Roberts, Co. E
Corp. Theodore S. Bates, Co. E
Benjamin J. Beach, Co. E
William F. Coggswell, Co. E
Theodore Parrett, Co. E
George L. Wilson, Co. E
Clinton Fessington, Co. F
David Tarboc, Co. F
Fennimore Weeks, Co. F
Frank Chaffee, Co. G
George H. Heflin, Co. G
William H. Hitchcock, Co. G
Corp. David M. Ford, Co. H
Corp. John C. Holwell, Co. H
Corp. Orville F. Armstrong, Co. H
Davis Batty, Co. H
William H. Hall, Co. H
Thomas Lawson, Co. H
Charles H. Morse, Co. H
Asa W. Rouse, Co. H
John H. Walker, Co. H
James Morgan, Co. I
John Murray, Co. I
Albert Todd, Co. I
1st Sergt. George E. Bailey, Co. K
Henry W. Davis, Co. K
William H. Houghton, Co. K
William Lane, Co. K
The bronze bas-relief on the monument shows the fight at Burnside’s Bridge
Connecticut state seal from the top of the monument
Location of the monument
The monument to the 11th Connecticut Infantry is east of Sharpsburg about 40 yards west of the Burnside Bridge Road and about 200 yards east of Burnside’s Bridge. (39°27’00.9″N 77°43’46.6″W)