Dedicated in 1898, the monument to the 35th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment is on the east side of Antietam Creek at Burnside's Bridge. see map
From the west face of the monument (top right):
The Thirty-fifth Regiment
of
Massachusetts Volunteers
crossed this bridge with Ferrero's
Brigade, Ninth Army Corps
at noon, Sept. 17, 1862, and
moved to the right up the hill
where, at the lane, two hundred
and fourteen of their officers
and men were killed or wounded.
Gloria est Pro Patria Mori
From the north face of the monument (bottom right):
Erected by Lieut. Col. Albert A. Pope, as a memorial of his dead comrades.
The north face of the monument carries the symbol of the Ninth Army Corps, an intertwined cannon and anchor inside a shield.
For many years the monument, along with those of the 51st Pennsylvania, 51st New York and the 21st 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 35th was commanded at Major Sumner Carruth after Colonel Edward A. Wild had been wounded at South Mountain.
Two members of the 35th received the Medal of Honor for their actions at Antietam. Seargent Marcus M. Haskell of Company C rescued a badly wounded comrade and carried him to safety while wounded and under heavy fire. Private Frank M. Whitman of Company G saved the lives of several comrades and was among the last to leave the field.
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