Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-09-17
DEDICATION OF MONUMENT
Shaft Provided by State at Cost of
Ten Thousand Dollars.
FORMAL TRANSFERS MADE
First Presented to the State. Then
to United States Government.
Gov Marshall Present.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
HAGERSTOWN, Nd, September IL
Today marks the forty-eighth anniver-
sary of the battle Of Antietam. one OF
the most sanguinary conflicts of the civil
war. and Is proving the big day OF the
three-day celebration on the Antietam
battlefield this week. The important
event today was the dedication this fore
noon of the Indiaf1a monument, hand
some shaft erected near the famous old
Dunkard Church to the memory of the
brave Ind,anians who fell there. Gov
Thomas r. Marshall and other state OFF,
Gals of Indiana, accompanied by over
TOO veterans, arrived at Sharpsburg
early this morning aboard a special Pull
man train which had been shifted from
the main line of the Baltimore and OHIO
railroad at Shenandoah junction to the
N. q w. railway.
The exercises at the monument took
place at 10 o'clock and were witnessed by
hundreds OF members of the Society OF
the Army of the Potomac. who are hold
ing their thirty annual reunion at
Sharpsburg this week. The program
opened with an overture by the Boonsboro
band, and. following prayer by Rev. DR..
Matthias L. Haines, pastor OF the First
Presbyterian Church OF India napolis. Ind 4,
and the rendition OF THE Star Spansleu
dith Nicholson of Indianapolis, Ind, read
the dedicatory poem.
Formally Transferred.
The formal transfer of the monument
to the Governor of Indiana then took
place, the address being by Maj. William
w. Daugherty, president of the Indiana
Antietam monument commission. Gov.
Marshall made an address eXtolling the
deeds Of bravery of the Indiana troops,
received the monument in behalf of the
commonwealth of Indiana, and then
turned it over to the keeping OF the
United States government.
The shaft was received I'm behalf of the
President OF the United States by Brig.
Gen. George b. Davis. judge advocate
general OF the United States Army. The
war songs by the Boonsboro band.
The Indiana monument Is a strikingly
handsome shaft. erected by the state at
cost Of $4,000. The legislature appro-
CURED by the commission. This COM
mission was composed Of five persons,
one from each Of the five Indiana regi-
ments that took part in the battle. as
follows: Maj. VIM. W. Daugherty. presi-
dent, OF the 9th Infantry Attorney sy
Cavalry: David E. BEEN. treasurer, of
the 14th Infantry: Nelson Pegg of the
10th Infantry and Jas. NJ. Brown of the
7th Infantry.
Record of the Losses.
The 9th Infantry sustained a loss of
200 dead and wounded out Of total of
4s3 men. while the loss by the 14th was
almost as great. Lieut.. Col. Alois O..
Backman, commanding the 10th when
only twenty-five years old. was killed in
this battle and was succeeded by w. w.
Dudley, the senior captain of the COM
mand, who at the time was not quite
twenty years old. Capt. Dudley. who later
ranked as colonel. lost a leg at Gettysburg.
His death occurred recently In Washing
ton city. The Sd and eth Indiana regi-
ments did not suffer serious loss at An
tietam.
While at Sharpsburg Gov. Marshal II
was a guest at the home Of David Hess.
near the center of the town. The govern
or and the members OF his party spent
this afternoon driving over the battle-
Veterans of the I'd Maryland Regiment.
including Gen. j. E. Duryee OF Los An
s ssss fA G Glenn BENJAMIN aas Lieut. w Tayl11
Glenn. were among the interested specta-
tors at the dedication of the Indiana
monument. and at noon held their annual
which point on Antietam field is OF spe-
cial interest to the survivors of this COM
mand.
Difficult Task.
It was just forty-eight years ago this
afternoon that Burnside bridge was
crossed by the Federal troops. but only
after two previous attempts had been
made and there had been great loss of
life The first effort to take the bridge
was by the nth Connecticut, which failed
A little later a second attempt was made
by the I'd Maryland Regiment and the
9th New Hampshire. but the heavy fire
from the Confederates across the creek
forced them TO seek shelter. Later a third
and successful effort to take the bridge
was made by these two regiments,
strengthened by the 51st Pennsylvania
and 51st New York.
FRANK IISED FOR SPEECH