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 Stonewall Regiment Posted by:  pseudoprime
N 39° 28.246 W 077° 37.054
18S E 274834 N 4372291
This marker honoring the 17th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment sits along the Appalachian Trail in Maryland.
Waymark Code: WM6BQV
Location: Maryland, United States
Date Posted: 05/10/2009
Views: 18
This marker sits at the Appalachian Trail intersection with Reno Monument Road in Western Maryland.
Historical Date: 09/14/1862
Historical Name: Stonewall Regiment
Description:
Side facing Trail:
"More than 90,000 Michigan men served in the Union Army and Navy during the Civil War. The 17th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment was mustered at the Detroit Barracks in August 1862 under the command of Colonel William H. Withingon. The regiment consisted of raw recruits from field, workshop and schoolroom. One company was almost entirely of students from Ypsilanti Normal School, now Eastern Michigan University. With less than a month of military training, the 17th left for Washington, DC, on August 27, 1862. From there it was sent to the Maryland campaign. On September 14, a little more than two weeks after leaving the state and just three days before the Battle of Antietam, the regiment engaged in battle here."
Side facing road:
"The 17th Michigan Volunteer Infantry Regiment was among the units of General Ambrose E. Burnside's 9th army corps that were engaged in battle here September 14, 1862. The fighting began around 9:00 A.M. just south of this site. Around noon a Confederate battery opened fire on the regiment, which was supporting Cook's Massachusetts battery. The 17th held its position for several hours. At 4:00 P.M. the command was given for an assault along the entire Union line. The Confederates came out of the woods to meet the charge at a fence line in the middle of the field, then moved back to the stone walls along the crest of the hill. The 17th advanced and captured the stone walls. Of the 500 men of the "Stonewall Regiment" engaged in battle here, 27 were killed and 114 were wounded, many mortally."
Parking nearby?: yes
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Registered Site #: 580
website: Not listed
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