The monument to Confederate General George Anderson at Antietam is on the Sunken Road, or Bloody Lane, off Richardson Avenue. (see map) It is one of six mortuary cannons commemorating three generals on each side who were killed or mortally wounded in the battle.
Brigadier General George Burgwyn Anderson was wounded in the foot during the desperate fighting in the Sunken Road.
Born in Hillsboro, North Carolina, Anderson graduated from West Point in 1852, serving on the frontier. With the outbreak of the war he became colonel of the 4th North Carolina Infantry. He was promoted to brigadier general for his bravery at Williamsburg and was wounded at Malvern Hill, but returned to command his brigade at South Mountain and Antietam.
Anderson was transported to Shepherdstown, then to Staunton, Virginia and eventually Raleigh, North Carolina, were his foot was amputated. He died on October 16.
From the monument:
Brigadier General
George B. Anderson
C.S.A.
motally wounded
235 yards S, 19° W
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