The marker for Rickett’s Division of the First Army Corps is on the west side of Smoketown Road north of the East Woods.

From the marker:

U.S.A.

Rickett’s Division, First Army Corps

Brig. Gen. James B. Ricketts, Commanding.

September 16, 1862.

Ricketts’ Division crossed the Antietam at Sumner’s Bridge on the afternoon of Sept. 16, and moved in a westerly direction toward the Smoketown Road.

At 6 P.M. Meade’s Division having encountered the enemy’s infantry on the Smoketown Road, near the East Woods, this Division formed on the extreme left of the Corps in support of Meade.

On the right and left of the road at this point the Division bivouacked on the night of the 16th.

 

No. 14.