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Army of Northern Virginia Marker

Commemorative monument erected to mark where a Lt of the 6th VA Inf & 2 infantry volunteers from Anderson's GA Brg put an abandoned gun into action at the Battle of Antietam on Sept 17, 1862.

Close-up of west face

U.S. National Park Service

Structure Number: 40 || Black granite w/rough-dressed base & tapered rough-dressed block, 2.5'x 2.5'x 12" at bottom, 6" at top. Inscribed text:"NEAR THIS SPOT AN ABANDONED CONFEDERATE/GUN MANNED BY A SECOND LIEUTENANT..." Located on NE corner of Route 65 & Piper Lane. || Built in 1920; designer unknown

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Antietam National Battlefield, Code: ANTI

Antietam National Battlefield, Washington County, Maryland
Latitude: 39.470100402832, Longitude: -77.7380981445313

Other : List of Classified Structures ID: 45099
Legacy NPS Focus Record ID : 230160

Civil War Heritage Digital Collection

Title: Civil War Soldiers & Sailors System
URL: http://www.itd.nps.gov/cwss/

07/26/2001

01/01/1920

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