Stone Sentinels, battlefield monuments of the American Civil War

11th Ohio Infantry Regiment

The monument to the 11th Ohio Infantry Regiment at Antietam (upper right) is about 150 yards east of Branch Avenue on the farm lane south of the Otto House. It was dedicated in 1903. see location

From the front of the monument:

OHIO

11th Infantry

Commanded by

Lieut. Col. Augustus H. Coleman (Killed)
Maj. Lyman Jackson
Crook's Second Brigade
Kanawha Division
Ninth Army Corps
Army of the Potomac

From the rear of the monument:

This Regiment advanced in skirmish line toward the bridge over the Antietam Creek, participated in the charge which drove the enemy from the creek and advanced to this point which it held until the close of the day. Its loss was 1 officer and 3 men killed; 1 officer and 11 men wounded; 5 men missing, total 21.

A small stone marker (lower right) stands on Branch Avenue to point out the location of the main monument:

11th Ohio Infantry
Position and Monument
167 Yards East

see photo of rear inscription (below)

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Monument to the 11th Ohio Infantry Regiment on the Civil War battlefield of Antietam, near Sharpsburg, Maryland

(above) Monument to the 11th Ohio Infantry at Antietam
below) Marker on Branch Avenue showing monument's location
Marker to the 11th Ohio Infantry Regiment on the Civil War battlefield of Antietam, near Sharpsburg, Maryland

Marker to the 11th Ohio Infantry Regiment on the Civil War battlefield of Antietam, near Sharpsburg, Maryland