Dedicated in 1910, one of the two monuments to the 20th New York at Antietam is just north of the Battlefield Visitor Center. The other, dedicated in 1887, is in the National Cemetery. (see map)
From the monument by the Visitor Center:
Twentieth Regiment New York Volunteer Infantry
Turner Rifles
Third Brigade Second Division
Sixth Army Corps
Hatteras, N.C., Norfolk, Va.; Seven Days Battles Before Richmond, Crampton's Pass, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville.
The 20th Regiment N.Y. Vols.
was organized by the New York Turn - Verein
Mustered into U.S. Service
May 6, 1861
and Mustered out June 1, 1863
Casualties at the Battle
of Antietam
38 Killed
96 Wounded
11 Missing
From the monument in the National Cemetery:
20th Regiment
N.Y. Vols.
Turner Rifles
3d Brigade 2d Division
6th Corps
1861 - 1863
Zum andenken
an unsere
Gefallenen Kameraden
Enrichtet von den
Ueberlebenden des Regts.
Erected in memory
of our
fallen comrades.
by the
Survivors of the Regt.
Dedicated
September 17th,
1887.
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