Battery K, 5th U.S. Artillery
U.S.A.
Battery K, 5th U.S. Artillery,
Lieut. William E. Van Reed, U.S.A., Commanding.
(September 17, 1862.)
Battery K, 5th U.S. Artillery, crossed the Antietam, by the Middle Bridge and about 2 p.m., September 17, relieved Battery M, 2d U.S. Artillery, taking position on the ridge immediately north of this point. After the expenditure of 400 rounds of ammunition at 5 p.m., the battery was relieved in turn, by Battery M, 2d U.S. Artillery, soon after which it recrossed the Antietam.
Marker is on Boonsboro / Shepherdstown Pike (State Highway 34), on the right when traveling west.
Courtesy hmdb.org
