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SHARPSBURG (ANTIETAM)
OHIO MONUMENTS PLAQUES






 

5TH, 7TH, and 66TH OHIO INFANTRY PLAQUE

5TH 66TH 7TH
INFANTRY
COMMANDED BY
Major JOHN COLLINS


INFANTRY
COMMANDED BY
Lieut. Col. EUGENE POWELL
TYNDALE'S (1ST) BRIGADE
GREENE'S (2D) DIVISION
TWELFTH ARMY CORPS
ARMY OF THE POTOMAC

INFANTRY
COMMANDED BY
Major ORRIN J. CRANE


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8TH REGIMENT OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY PLAQUE

   

OHIO

8TH REGIMENT
OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY
LIEUT. COL. FRANKLIN SAWYER
1ST BRIGADE GEN. NATHAN KIMBALL
3RD DIVISION GEN. W. H. FRENCH
2ND CORPS, GEN. EDWIN V. SUMNER
ARMY OF THE POTOMAC

ON THIS FIELD OHIO'S SONS
SACRIFICED LIFE AND HEALTH
FOR ONE COUNTRY AND ONE FLAG.


SEPTEMBER 17, 1862 FORDED
ANTIETAM CREEK WAIST DEEP,
FORMED LINE OF BATTLE SOUTH
OF THE ROULETTE BUILDINGS,
IN ORCHARD, TOOK CREST OF
HILL AT THE POINT OF THE
BAYONET; HELD POSITION FOUR
HOURS; SUPPLIES EXHAUSTED;
AMMUNITION AND MUSKETS
FROM DEAD AND WOUNDED;
CHARGED "BLOODY LANE"
CAPTURED ABOUT 300 PRISONERS;

NUMBER ENGAGED 341; LOSSES
IN KILLED AND WOUNDED 162.


   


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