V Corps, 2nd Division, 1st Brigade
U.S.A.
On the afternoon of September 17, the 4th U.S. Infantry, the 1st Battalion of the 12th, 1st and 2nd Battalions of the 14th and detachments of the 2d and 10th U.S. Infantry, were deployed to the right and left of this point in support of the batteries on the crest in rear and to check the advance of the Confederate skirmishers. They were actively engaged until dark, when they were withdrawn to the east side of the Antietam.
Marker is on Boonsboro / Shepherdstown Pike (State Highway 34), on the right when traveling west.
Courtesy hmdb.org
