124th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment

Pennsylvania monuments at Antietam

The monument to the 124th Pennsylvania Volunteers at Antietam is at the corner of Hagerstown Turnpike and Starke Avenue. (Hagerstown Pike tour map) It was dedicated on September 17, 1904.

The regiment was commanded at Antietam by Colonel Joseph Williamson Hawley, an academy instructor and bank teller from West Chester. He was wounded in the neck early in the morning. Major Isaac Lawrence Haldeman then took over command.

Monument to the 124th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment at Antietam

Text from the monument:

124th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry

Colonel Joseph W. Hawley

Antietam

Sept. 17, 1862
Chancellorsville
May 1-2-3, 1863

Recruited in Chester and Delaware Counties August 1862 for Nine Months Service

Erected by State of Pennsylvania and Survivors Association 1904

Casualties at Antietam
Killed 5
Wounded 42
Missing 17
Total 64
1st Brigade
1st Division
12th Corps

It was near this spot that the Regiment within six weeks after leaving home took an active part in this great battle.
Virtue, Liberty and Independence
Erected by Commonwealth of Pennsylvania

Location of the Monument

The monument to the 124th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment is north of Sharpsburg on the northwest corner of the old Hagerstown Turnpike and Starke Avenue ( 39°28’51.0″N 77°44’55.0″W).

See more on the history of the 124th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Regiment in the Civil War