23rd Ohio Infantry
(Front Inscription):
OHIO
23d Infantry
Commanded by
Major James M. Comly
Hugh Ewing's (1st) Brigade
Kanawha Division
Ninth Army Corps
Army of the Potomac
(Rear Inscription):
This Regiment with its Brigade crossed the Ford of Antietam Creek in the afternoon of Sept. 17, 1862, and held this position until the close of the battle.
Its loss was 8 men killed, 1 officer and 58 men wounded, 2 men missing, total 69.
Two of its members afterwards became President of the United States: Rutherford B. Hayes and William McKinley.
Marker is on Branch Avenue, on the left when traveling south.
Courtesy hmdb.org
