Monument to the 12th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment

Pennsylvania monuments at Antietam

The monument at Antietam to the 12th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment is on Mansfield Avenue. (Smoketown Road North tour map) It was dedicated on September 17, 1904.

The 12th Pennsylvania Cavalry was commanded at the Battle of Antietam by Major James A. Congdon. It was on independent duty with the Provost Marshal rounding up stragglers and handling Confederate prisoners behind the First and Twelfth Corps lines.

Monument to the 12th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment at Antietam

From the monument:

12th Pennsylvania Cavalry

113th of the line
4th Brigade Cavalry Division
Recruited in Philadelpia.

Battles participated in

Second Manassas     Fisher’s Hill     Clarksburg
Sugar Loaf Mountain     Monocacy     Charlestown
South Mountain     Frederick     Maryland Heights
Antietam     Newtown     Hamilton
Moorfield     Winchester 1-2-3     Bunker Hill
Woodstock    Cedar Creek     Smithfield
Sleepy Creek     Bolivar Heights
Dunningham Cross Roads
Solomon’s Gap     Crampton’s Pass     Hamilton
Pleasant Valley     Kernstown     Halltown
Edenburg    Boonsboro

Closeup of the tablet from the monument to the 12th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment at Antietam

Location of the monument

The monument to the 12th Pennsylvania Cavalry is north of Sharpsburg on the north side of Mansfield Avenue 78 yards west of Smoketown Road (39.484396° N, 77.742683° W).

See more about the history of the 12th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment during the Civil War.