Stone Sentinels, battlefield monuments of the American Civil War




Confederate Monuments at Antietam

Only a small number of monuments honor units of the Confederacy on the battlefield that the South calls Sharpsburg. In the years after the war the people of the devastated South had little money to spare for memorials. Later, state organizations concentrated on battlefields that were better known or closer to home. An exception is Maryland, home of the battlefield and, uniquely, home to units on both sides.

A.N.V. Monument

A.N.V. Monument

State of Maryland

Maryland State Monument

Honors both Union and Confederate units that came from this divided border state

Baltimore Battery

Baltimore Maryland Battery

1st Maryland Battery

1st Maryland Battery

Georgia Monument

Georgia State Monument

Texas Monument

Texas State Monument

1st, 4th and 5th Texas Infantry Regiments

18th Georgia Infantry Regiment and

Hampton (South Carolina) Legion

Lee's Headquarters

Lee's Headquarters