The monument to the 100th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment at Antietam is on Branch Avenue. (see map)
It was dedicated on September 17, 1904.
The 100th Pennsylvania was comanded by Lieutenant Colonel David A. Leckey. Assigned as skirmishers for the brigade, the regiment suffered light losses in their advance to the edge of Sharpsburg.
From the monument:
ROUNDHEADS
100th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry
2nd Brigade 1st Division 9th Corps
Location 495 yards North 79 degrees West
Casualties at Antietam
Wounded 7
Missing 1
Total 8
Recruited in Lawrence, Washington, Butler, Beaver, Mercer and Westmoreland Counties.
Battles participated in: Coosaw, Sessionville, Legareville, Second Bull Run, Chantilly, South Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Vicksburg, Jackson, Blue Springs, Campbell's Station, Wilderness, Spotsylvania, North Anna, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, The Crater, Siege of Knoxville, Weldon Railroad, Poplar Spring Church, Hatcher's Run, Fort Stedman, Assault on Petersburg.
Virtue, Liberty and Independence
Erected by Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
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