Dedicated on September 17, 1906, the monument to the 3rd Pennsylvania Reserves Infantry at Antietam is on Mansfield Avenue. (See map)
From the tablet on the front of the monument:
3rd Regt. Pennsylvania
Reserve Corps
32nd Regt. Penna. Vol. Infantry
2nd Brigade, 3rd Division, 1st Corps.
Arriving on the field on the afternoon of September 16th, Lieut. Col. John Clark. Comd'g. the Regiment immediately deployed eight companies as skirmishers.
When the 2nd Brigade advanced on the morning of September 17th, the Regiment fell into line, and 600 yards South of this point became engaged with Hood's Confederate Division.
Number engaged about 200
Casualties at Antietam
Killed 12
Wounded 34
Total 46
8 companies recruited in Berks Co.
3 companies recruited in Bucks Co.
3 companies recruited in Philadelphia
1 company recruited in Wayne Co.
Battles Participated In.
Dranesville |
South Mountain |
Mecahnicsville |
Antietam |
Gaines Mills |
Fredericksburg |
Charles City Cross Roads |
Princeton C.H. |
Malvern Hill |
Bruskey Mountain |
Gainesville |
Cloyd's Mountain |
2nd Bull Run |
New River Bridge |
Chantilly |
Blacksburg |
A bronze bas relief of the Coat of Arms of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania is on the lower front of the monument.
A War Department tablet next to the monument tells the story of the 3rd's parent brigade at Antietam.
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