5th Maryland Volunteer Infantry, Company A & I Monument - Sharpsburg, MD
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N 39° 28.320 W 077° 44.395
18S E 264312 N 4372740
The 5th Maryland Volunteer Infantry, Company A & I monument is located on the Antietam Battlefield north of the farm road then called Sunken Lane and has since been called Bloody Lane.
Waymark Code: WMQW9X
Location: Maryland, United States
Date Posted: 04/05/2016
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member iconions
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The 5th Maryland Volunteer Infantry, Company A & I monument is a 4' high polished granite obelisk atop a 2' high square granite base. It was erected by the surviving members of Company A & I and dedicated on September 17, 1890.

The The 5th Maryland Volunteer Infantry fought for the Union during the Civil War. The front of the monument contains a medallion with the seal of the state of Maryland and the inscription:

ERECTED
BY THE SURVIVORS OF
COMPANY A & I
TO THE MEMORY OF OUR
FALLEN COMRADES
WHO FELL ON THIS SPOT
SEPTEMBER 17, 1862
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THIS STONE
MARKS THE EXTREME ADVANCE
OF WEBER'S BRIGADE
FRENCH'S DIV. 2ND ARMY CORPS.
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CAN THEIR GLORY EVER FADE

The granite base is inscribed:

5TH MD. VET. VOL. INF'Y

A medallions with a relief of a Union soldier standing and firing his rifle appear on the left side of the monument and a medallion showing a relief of a pyramid of three rifles is on the back. The right side medallion is missing.

Date Installed or Dedicated: 09/19/1890

Name of Government Entity or Private Organization that built the monument: The 5th Maryland Volunteer Infantry, Company A & I

Union, Confederate or Other Monument: Union

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