Dedicated on September 17, 1904, the monument to the 45th Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment at Antietam is on Branch Avenue. (see map)
From the monument:
45th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry
2nd Brigade 1st Division 9th Corps
The Regiment advanced 264 yards Northwest of this point, retiring to this position later in the day.
Casualties at Antietam
Killed 1
Wounded 36
Missing 1
Total 38
Recruited in Centre, Lancaster, Mifflin, Tioga and Wayne Counties
Secessionville (near Charleston)
South Mountain
Antietam
Fredericksburg
Vicksburg
Jackson
Blue Springs
Campbell's Station
Weldon Railroad
Hatcher's Run
Siege of Knoxville
Wilderness
Spotsylvania
North Anna
Cold Harbor
Petersburg
The Crater
Poplar Spring Church
Assault on Petersburg
Virtue, Liberty and Independence
Erected by Commonwealth of Pennsylvania
The 45th was commanded art Antietam by Lieutenant Colonel John Curtin, the half brother to Pennsylvania's Governor.
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