Monument to Lieutenant Colonel John L Stetson at Antietam

Monuments to Individuals at Antietam

The monument to Lieutenant Colonel John L Stetson at Antietam is on the east side of State Route 65. (Philadelphia Brigade Park tour map) It was dedicated in 1919.

Lieutenant Colonel Stetson was second in command of the 59th New York Infantry Regiment, whose monument is a short distance to the east. He was a lawyer from Plattsburgh, on Lake Champlain, and was 26 years old at the time of the battle. At the beginning of the war he raised and commanded Company E of the 16th New York Infantry Regiment. He was appointed lieutenant colonel of the 59th New York in March of 1862. Stetson’s wife, Lucy, died in 1860 at the age of 24. They had no children.

Monument to Union Lieutenant Colonel John L. Stetson at Antietam

Text from the monument

Here fell in the
foremost of the advance
of Sumner’s Second Corps

John Lemuel Stetson

of
Plattsburgh, New York
Lieut. Col. of the 59th New York
1862 – Volunteers – 1919

Location of the monument to Lieutenant Colonel Stetson at Antietam

The monument to Lieutenant Colonel John L Stetson at Antietam is north of Sharpsburg. It is on the east side of State Route 65.