Dedicated on September 17, 1904, the monument to the 137th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment at Antietam is on Cornfield Avenue. (See map)
From the tabet on the front of the monument:
137th Pennsylvania
Volunteer Infantry
1st Brigade 2nd Division 6th Corps
Location of Regiment in action 415 yards
North of Monument
Battles participated in:
South Mountain (Crampton's Pass), Md.
Antietam, Md.
Fitzhugh's Crossing, Va.
Chancellorsville, Va.
Recruited in: Blair Butler Clinton Crawford
Schuylkill and Wayne counties
The 137th was commanded at Antietam by Colonel Henry M. Bossert.
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