28th Ohio Volunteer Infantry
(Front of Monument):
OHIO
28th Infantry
Commanded by
Lieut. Col. Gottsfried Becker
Crooks (2d) Brigade
Kanawha Division
Ninth Army Corps
Army of the Potomac
(Rear of Monument):
This Regiment was conducted by Gen. Crook on a reconnaissance above the Bridge over Antietam Creek on the morning of Sept. 17, 1862, and 5 companies succeeded in crossing the Creek before the capture of the bridge; it then formed part of the forces that charged and drove the enemy from the creek.
Its loss was 2 men killed; 19 men wounded; total 21.
Marker is on Branch Avenue, on the left when traveling south.
Courtesy hmdb.org
