Dedicated on September 17, 1898, the monument to the 21st Massachusetts Infantry Regiment is on the east side of Antietam Creek at Burnside Bridge. (see map)
From the monument:
21st Mass. Vol. Inf'y
2nd Brig. 2nd Div.
9th A.C.
The following Comrades were killed near this bridge:
2nd Lieut. |
Henry C. Holbrook |
Co. D Priv. |
Wm. B. Boynton |
" " " |
Amos S. Eastman |
Co. E Corp. |
Henry K. Buss |
" " Priv. |
Geo. T. Bigelow |
Co. G Corp. |
Jas. S. Stratton |
" " Priv. |
Daniel Daley |
" I Priv. |
Chas. Leonard |
Co. K 1st Sergt. |
Geo. W. Davis |
" " Priv. |
Chas. S. Brigham |
and 35 other wounded
Erected by
21st Regt. Mass. Vol.
Association
For many years the monument, along with those of the 51st Pennsylvania and the 35th Massachusetts, were mounted on the corners of the Burnside Bridge. In the early 1960s auto trafic was moved to a new bridge upstream, the Burnside Bridge was restored, and the monuments were moved to the east bank.
The 21st was commanded at Antietam by Colonel William S. Clark.
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