Stone Sentinels, battlefield monuments of the American Civil War

The Army of the Potomac at Antietam

Major General George B. McClellan
(marker 118) (marker 119) (marker 120) (marker 121) (marker 122)

Headquarters and Escorts

   

1st Army Corps (marker 001)

Major Genera Joseph Hooker (w)
Brigadier General George G. Meade

 

1st Division (marker 002) (marker 013)

Brigadier General Abner Doubleday

 

2nd Division (marker 014) (marker 081)

Brigadier General James B. Ricketts

 

3rd Division (marker 015) (marker 011)

Brigadier General George G. Meade
Brigadier General Truman Seymour

 

2nd New York Cavalry (Companies A,B, I & K)

Captain John E. Naylor

 

15th Pennsylvania Cavalry (detachment)

Colonel William J. Palmer

 

2nd Army Corps

(marker 036) (marker 115) (marker 116)

Major General Edwin V. Sumner

 

1st Division (marker 034)(marker 044)

Major General Israel B. Richardson (mw)
Brigadier General John C. Caldwell
Brigadier General Winfield S. Hancock

 

2nd Division (marker 036)

Major General John Sedgwick (w)
Brigadier General Oliver O. Howard

 

3rd Division (marker 040)

Major General William H. French

 

6th New York Cavalry, Company D

Captain Henry W. Lyon

 

6th New York Cavalry, Compnay K

Captain Riley Johnson

 

5th Army Corps (marker 033)

Major General Fitz John Porter

 

1st Division (marker 018) (marker 026)

Major General George W. Morell

 

2nd Division (marker 026)

Brigadier General George Sykes

 

3rd Division (marker 019)

Brigadier General Andrew A. Humphreys

Reached the field of Antietam Sept.18th

Artillery Reserve (marker 023)

Lieutenant Colonel William Hays

 

1st Maine Cavalry Regiment (detachment)

Captain George J. Summat

 

6th Army Corps (marker 012)

Major General William B. Franklin

 

1st Division (marker 071)

Major General Henry W. Slocum

 

2nd Division (marker 072)

Major General William F. Smith

 

4th Army Corps, 1st Division

Major General Darius Couch

Attached to 6th Corps

6th Pennsylvania Cavalry Regiment,
Companies B & G

Capt H. P. Muirheid

 

9th Army Corps

(marker 056) (marker 057) (marker 070)

Major General Ambrose E. Burnside
Brigadier General Jacob D. Cox

 

1st Division (marker 062)

Brigadier General Orlando B. Wilcox

 

2nd Division (marker 058)

Brigadier General Samuel D. Sturgis

 

3rd Division (marker 065)

Brigadier General Isaac P. Rodman (mw)
Colonel Edward Harland

 

Kanawha Division (marker 059)

Brigadier General Jacob D. Cox
Colonel Eliakim P. Scammon

 

6th New York Cavalry (8 companies)

Colonel Thomas V. Devin

 

3rd Company Ohio Cavalry

Lieutenant Jonas Seamen

 

3rd United States Artillery, Batteries L and M

Captain John Edwards, Jr.

 

1st Maine Cavalry Regiment, Company G

Captain Zebulon B. Blethen

 

12th Army Corps (marker 027)

Major General Joseph K. F. Mansfield (mw)
Brigadier General Alpheus S. Williams

 

1st Division (marker 028)

Brigadier General Alpheus S. Williams
Brigadier General Samuel W. Crawford (w)
Brigadier General George H.Gordon

 

2nd Division (marker 048) (marker 051) (marker 054)

Brigadier General George S. Greene

 

Artillery Reserve

Captain Clermont L. Best

 

1st Michigan Cavalry, Company L

Captain Melvin Brewer

 

Cavalry Division (marker 021)

Brigadier General Alfred Pleasonton

 

Key to notes:
(k) = killed, (w) = wounded, (mw) = mortally wounded, (c) = captured
(monument) links to a monument page and (marker xxx) links to a War Department marker page on this site
Links for divisions go to subordinate units on this site
Links for regiments, batteries, companies, and individuals go to unit histories or biographies on www.civilwarintheeast.com