Montgomery County sentinel. [volume] (Rockville, Md.) 1855-1974, 1937-09-02
AS WE SEE IT

| "ACSnSI, ZnO Lieut., JOnn r. Oaneker.
| Fifth Maryland Regiment Infantry.
Organized at Baltimore. Field Of
ficers: Col. William Louis Schley,
Lieut.. Col. John G. Holland, Lieut..
Col. Salmone Marsh, Major Leopold
Blumeburg, Charles A. Holton, Lieut..
ICol. Stephen P. Heath, Major Henry
G. Graham.
Third Regiment Maryland Infantry.
Organized at Baltimore. Field Of
fcers: Col. John C. Mcconnell, Col.
Joseph NJ. Sudsburg, Major William
B. Kennedy, Col. David p. Dewitt,
Lieut.. Col. Gilbert p. Robinson, Major
Samuel.
Battery 'B" (Snow's, First Mary
land Light Artillery. Organized at
Port Deposit, Md. Officers: Capt.
Alonzo Snow, LIST. Lieut.. Theodore j.
vanneman, End Lieut.. John M. Bull
lock, End Lieut.. William Traynor,
Capt. Lucius A. Gerry, 1st. Lieut..
James H. Kidd, End. Lieut.. Leonard
Is. Parker, End. Lieut.. Enos T. Hall
Second Regiment Maryland Infan-
try. Organized at Baltimore. Com
mand and Field Officers: Col. John
Sommers, Brevet Brig. Gen. ].
Eugene Duryee, Col. Thomas B.
Allard, Lieut.. Col. Henry Howard,
Brevet Col. Benz. F. Taylor, Maj.
David P. Dewitt, Major Andrew B.
Drummer, Major JamesH. Wilson.
Antietam Battlefield Commission of
Maryland:
Benjamin F. Taylor, Second Mary
; land Infantry, u. S. A., Joseph M.
, Sudsburg, Third Maryland Infantry
FLU. S. A., George R. Graham, Fifth
Maryland Infantry, U. s. A. William
Gibson, Purnell Lotion, Maryland In
7 fantry, u. S. A. William H. Parker,
Battery "A", First Md. Light Artill-
cry, u. S. A. Theodore j. Vanneman
; Battery "B", First Md. Light Artilh
! cry, U. S, A. Henry Kyd Douglas
Staff Gen., Thomas J. Jackson, G. S
!, A. Osmun Latrobe, Staff Gen., James
3 Longstreet, C. S. A., William F. Dem
!. ent, First Maryland Battery, C. S. A..
:. Lloyd Lowndes, Governor of Mary
q land, Purnell's Legion, Maryland
Infantry Battery "B" LIST Nd, Lighi
e Artillery, Second Regiment Maryland
$ Infantry, First Maryland First Ar
!, tillery, C. S. A. 3rd Regiment Mary
q land Infantry Battery IA" LIST Md.
Light Art, Fifth Maryland Infantry
Baltimore Battery 1t Art CSA.
= Inscription:
ERECTED BY 1r
THE STATE OF MARYLAND, ri
TO HER SONS s
WHO ON THIS FIELD OFFEREI
4 THEIR LIVES IN MAINTENANCE
4 OF THEIR PRINCIPLES
Granite Monument-Located Eas
Side Hagerstown Pike opposite Dunk
{ ard Church site.
Baltimore Battery, Jackson's Di
vision, C. S. A. under the command
of Capt. J. B. Brockenbrough, opene'
! the Battle of Antietam, on the Con
federate side, at daybreak on Septem
Der II, 1862. A marker recordini
this fact is on the Antietam Battle
: field in the rear of Philadelphia Bri
gade Park.
The first Maryland. ARTILLERY
Ewell's Division, c. s. A. under com
J mand of Capt. William F. Denien
= occupied a position in the fieE
4 (Antietam) on the Harpers Ferr
q Road, Sept. 18th. (Marker.)
; A marker on the northeast corne
B of Burnside Bridge to the End Mary
q land Infantry, U. S. A., has tn
q following inscription:
B "2nd Maryland Infantry at $3.50 a
q M. advanced on the stone bridg
d defended by Toombs' Brigade ant
B two batteries on the High Ground be
= yond. Charged to within 100 yard
z of the bridge, when checked by tn
: severity of the enemy's fire, it tool
3 shelter along the bank OF the stream
z and was engaged until 1.30 P. M.
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