Dedicated on September 17, 1904, the monument to the 124th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment at Antietam is at the corner of Hagerstown Turnpike and Starke Avenue. (See map )
From the monument:
124th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry
Colonel Joseph W. Hawley
Antietam
Sept. 17, 1862
Chancellorsville
May 1-2-3, 1863
Recruited in Chester and Delaware Counties August 1862 for Nine Months Service
Erected by State of Pennsylvania and Survivors Association 1904
Casualties at Antietam
Killed 5
Wounded 42
Missing 17
Total 64
1st Brigade
1st Division
12th Corps
It was near this spot that the Regiment within Six Weeks after leaving home took an active part in this great battle.
Virtue, Liberty and Independence
Erected by Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
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