Maryland State Monument at Antietam

Maryland Monuments at Antietam

The Maryland State Monument at Antietam is about 80 yards northeast of the Dunker Church. (Visitor Center & Dunker Church tour map) It was dedicated on May 30, 1900. The keynote speaker was President William McKinley, a veteran of the battle. This is the only monument at Antietam dedicated to units from both sides.

The monument is an octagonal granite pavilion roofed with a bronze dome and topped with a bronze allegorical statue of a robed female standing on a globe and holding a sword and a wreath. The exterior tops of the columns are decorated with bronze ornaments of crossed flags with circular medallions. Four granite blocks stand in the arches of the pavilion with bronze bas-relief tablets showing scenes from the battle on their exterior and on their interior pairs of bronze tablets with information about the eight Maryland units from both sides that took part in the battle. The names of those Maryland units are also carved just below the pediment on the outside of the pavilion.

State of Maryland monument at Antietam From the monument:

Baltimore Light Artillery, C.S.A.

Organized at Richmond, Va. August 17, 1861

Battles engaged in: Harpers Ferry; Winchester; Front Royal; Cross Keys; Port Republic; Woodstock; Gaines’ Mills; Malvern Hill; Bristoe Station; Cunningham’s Ford; Groveton; Rappahannock; Second Manassas; Antietam; Yellow Tavern; Carlisle; Gettysburg; Culpepper C.H.; Mine Run; Brandy Station; Chambersburg; Leestown; Frederick; OldTown; Waynesboro; Maurytown.

Officers. Captain John B. Brockenbrough. Captain William G. Griffin. Lieut. William B. Beam. Lieut. John McNulty. Lieut. James T. Wilhelm. Lieut. John w. Goodman.

Purnell Legion, Maryland Infantry, U.S.A.

Organized at Pikesville, Maryland, October 1861 Mustered out October 24, 1864.

Battles engaged in: Harpers Ferry, Catlett’s Station; Chantilly; South Mountain; Antietam; Harpers Ferry, July 27, 1863; Shady grove; Bethesda Church; Cold Harbor; Petersburg, June 18, 1864; Seige of Petersburg; Weldon Railroad; Popular Grove Church; Chapel House; Peeble’s Farm.

Field Officers. Colonel William H. Purnell. Colonel William J. Leonard. Colonel Samuel A. Graham. Lieut. Col. John G. Johannes. Lieut. Col. Benjamin L. Simpson. Major William J. Taylor. Major William T. Fulton. Major Robert G. King.

Brockenborough’s Maryland Battery, C.S.A. Repelling a Charge at Antietam

“Wolcott’s” Battery “A” 8 Guns, First Maryland Light Artillery, U.S.A.

Organized at Baltimore, and Pikesville, Md., Aug. 1861. Re-enlisted and veteranized Jan. 1, 1864 Mustered out March 11, 1865.

Battles engaged in: Seven Days Fighting Before Richmond; Deep Bottom; Second Bull Run; Crampton’s Gap; Antietam; Fredericksburg; Marye’s Heights; Salem Heights; Gettysburg.

Officers Captain John W. Wolcott Captain James H. Rigby 1st Lieut. Thomas Binyon 1st Lieut. Lowell A. Chamberlain 2nd Lieut. Edgar G. Taylor 2nd Lieut. Frank I. Witcher 2nd Lieut. Augustine McIntire 2nd Lieut. John F. Daneker

Fifth Regiment Maryland Infantry, U.S.A.

Organized at Baltimore, Maryland September 12, 1861 Re-enlisted and Veteranized January 1, 1864, mustered out September 1, 1865.

Battles engaged in: Antietam; Charlestown, Va.; Winchester, Va.; June 13, 14, 15,1863; Stephenson’s Depot; Siege of Petersburg; Battle of the Crater; Fort Harrison; Siege of Richmond, 1864; Fair Oaks, October 27, 1864; Occupation of Richmond, April 3, 1865.

Field Officers. Colonel William Louis Schley. Colonel William W. Bamberger. Lieut. Col. John G. Holland. Lieut. Col. Charles A. Holton. Lieut. Col. Salome Marsh. Lieut. Col. Stephen P. Heath. Major Leopold Blumenburg. Major Henry G. Graham. Major William H. Irving.

Bas-relief of "Wolcott's" First Maryland Battery U.S.A. at Antietam on the State of Maryland monument at Antietam

“Walcott’s” First Maryland Battery U.S.A. at Antietam. (Note- it is Walcott on the bas-relief and Wolcott on the text tablet.)

First Maryland (Dement’s) Battery C.S.A.

Organized at Fredericksburg, Va. July 1861.

Battles engaged in: Mechanicsville; Gaines Mills; Malvern Hill; Groveton; Manassas; Harpers Ferry; Antietam; Fredericksburg, December, 1862, Mar. 1863; Gettysburg; Locust Grove; Payne’s Farm; Cold Harbor; Petersburg; Appomattox.

Officers. Captin R. Snowden Andrews. Captain William F. Dement. Lieut. John Gale. Lieut. Hill.

Third Regiment Maryland Infantry, U.S.A.

Organized at Baltimore, Md., June, 1861 Re-enlisted and Veteranized February 1, 1864 Mustered out July 31, 1865.

Battles engaged in: Cedar Mountain; Antietam; Chancellorsville; Gettysburg; Wilderness; Spotsylvania; North Anna; Cold Harbor; Petersburg; Battle of the Crater; Poplar Springs Church; Assault on Petersburg, April 3, 1865.

Field Officers. Captain Alonzo Snow. Captain Lucius A. Gerry. 1st Lt. Theodore J. Vanneman. 1st Lieut. James H. Kidd. 2nd Lieut. John M. Bullock. 2nd Lieut. Leonard S. Parker. 2nd lieut. William Taylor. 2nd Lieut. Enos T. Hall.

Fifth Maryland Closing in on Roulette’s Barn and House

Battery B. (Snow’s) First Maryland Light Artillery, U.S.A.

Organized at Port Deposit, Maryland, August 30, 1861. Re-enlisted and Veteranized January 1, 1864. Mustered out July 3, 1865.

Battles engaged in: New Bridge; Seven Days Fighting Before Richmond, 1862; Antietam; Fredericksburg; December, 1862, May 1863; New Market; Piedmond; Lynchburg; Salem, Va.; Hanging Rock Gap

Officers Captain Alonzo Snow. Captain Lucius A. Gerry. 1st Lieut. Theodore J. Vanneman. 1st Lieut. James H. Kidd. 2nd Lieut. John M. Bullock. 2nd Lieut. Leonard S. Parker. 2nd lieut. William Taylor. 2nd Lieut. Enos T. Hall.

Second Regiment Maryland Infantry, U.S.A.

Organized at Baltimore, Md., June 1861 Re-enlisted and Veteranized January 1, 1864 Mustered out July 25, 1865.

Battled engaged in: Groveton; Bull Run; Chantilly; South Mountain; Antietam; Fredericksburg; Blue Springs; Campbell’s Station; Siege of Knoxville; Spotsylvania; Totopotomoy; Cold Harbor; Petersburg; Battle of the Crater; Siege of Petersburg; Weldon Railroad; Poplar Springs Church; Hatcher’s Run; Assault of Petersburg.

Command and Field Officers. Colonel John Sommers, Oct. 8, 1861 to April 21, 1862. Brevet Brig. Gen. J. Eugene Duryee to Sept. 22, 1862. Colonel Thomas B. Allard to Jan. 19, 1864. Maj. David F. DeWitt. Lieut. Colonel Henry Howard to July 30, 1864. Maj. Andrew B. Brunner. Brevet Colonel Benj. F. Taylor to July 25, 1865. Maj. James H. Wilson.

Charge of Second Maryland on Burnside’s Bridge

From a small tablet on the exterior below the Second Maryland bas-relief:

Antietam Battlefield Commission of Maryland

Benjamin F. Taylor, Second Maryland Infantry, U.S.A.
Joseph M. Sudsburg, Third Maryland Infantry, U.S.A.
George R. Graham, Fifth Maryland Infantry, U.S.A.
William Gibson, Purnell Legion, Maryland Infantry, U.S.A.
William H. Parker, Battery “A” First Md. Light Artillery, U.S.A.
Theodore J. Vanneman, Battery “B” First Md. Light Artillery, U.S.A.
Henry Kyd Douglas, Staff Gen. Thomas J. Jackson, C.S.A.
Osmun Latrobe, Staff Gen. James Longstreet, C.S.A.
William F. Dement, First Maryland Battery, C.S.A.
Lloyd Lowndes, Governor of Maryland

From a small tablet on the exterior below the Walcott’s Battery bas-relief:

Erected by the State of Maryland to her Sons, Who on this field offered their lives in maintenance of their Principles

Location of the Maryland monument at Antietam

The Maryland State Monument at Antietam is north of Sharpsburg about 80 yards northeast of the Dunker Church, not far from the Visitor Center. (N 39° 28.56 W 077° 44.76)