The monument at Antietam to the 30th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment is on Branch Avenue. (Branch Avenue South tour map) It was dedicated in 1903.
The 30th Ohio’s Colonel Hugh Ewing had taken over the brigade at Antietam as senior colonel when Colonel Scammon took over division command just after the Battle of South Mountain. Lieutenant Colonel Theodore Jones commanded the regiment until he was wounded and captured. Major George Hildt then took command. Sergeants William Carter and Nathan White, who carried the national and state colors, were both killed.
Text from the front of the monument:
OHIO
30th Infantry
Commanded by
Lieut. Col. Theodore Jones (captured)
Major George H. Hildt
Hugh Ewing’s (1st) Brigade
Kanawha Division
Ninth Army Corps
Army of the Potomac
Text from the rear of the monument:
This regiment was engaged here
about 5 o’clock P.M. September 17, 1862.
Its loss was 3 officers and 10
men killed, including both color
bearers; 1 officer and 48
men wounded; 2 officers and 15 men
taken prisoners; total, 80.
Location of the monument
The monument at Antietam to the 30th Ohio is southeast of Sharpsburg on the east side of Branch Avenue (39°26’55.9″N 77°44’27.2″W).
See more about the history of the 30th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment during the Civil War