Dedicated in 1903, the monument to the 12th Ohio Infantry Regiment at Antietam is 350 yards east of Branch Avenue and can be reached by a trail on the Otto farm. (see map)
From the front of the monument (top right):
OHIO
12th Infantry
Commanded by Col. Carr B. White
Hugh Ewings (1st) Brigade
Kanawha Division
Ninth Army Corps
Army of the Potomac
From the rear of the monument:
This Regiment advanced to this place on the afternoon of September 17, 1862. It moved from extreme left of Union line of battle exposed to a severe flank fire and held their position the remainder of the day. Its loss was 17 men killed and 25 men wounded, total 33.
A small stone marker (lower right) stands on Branch Avenue to point out the location of the main monument:
12th Ohio Infantry
Position and Monument
395 Yards Northeast
Three days previously at South Mountan, Private Leonidas H. Inscho earned the Medal of Honor by capturing a Confederate captain and four men, alone and with a wounded left hand.
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