132nd Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Monument

The 132nd Pennsylvania was part of the third attack on the Sunken Road. Thirty soldiers from this regiment were lost in the battle.

• The monument stands on Bloody Lane, aka the Sunken Road. It is a large stone column and at the top stands a stone soldier holding a flag. Grassy terrain is under and around the monument. The statue is just to the north of Bloody Lane and a wooden fence parallels the sunken road. Other monuments are nearby. To the west there is a stone monument to the 8th Ohio Volunteer Infantry Regiment. To the east there is a smaller stone monument to the 2nd Delaware Regiment. To the southeast of the monument, at the end of Bloody Lane stands a tall brick tower, The Antietam Battlefield Observation Tower.

20th New York Volunteer Infantry Monument

The 20th New York Infantry was organized in New York City. The regiment suffered 145 casualties, some of whom are buried in the National Cemetery. Their veterans’ association erected this monument in 1911.

• A stone monument stands on a brick ground. The monument has a small base, plaques on each side of the base, a tall column and on top of the column the stone has been carved to look like an American flag is draped. Around the monument is a grassy field. A paved walkway is on the east side of the monument running roughly north to south. The path heads north to the New York Monument and south to the visitor center.

45th Pennsylvania Infantry Monument

Monument to the 45th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Monument who fought for the Union in the Battle of Antietam.

• This monument stands just to the east of Branch Avenue on a grassy field. The monument is a stone column with inscriptions. At the top, a stone soldier stands holding a gun. A few feet away to the southeast stands another monument, the 100th Pennsylvania Volunteer Infantry Monument. With a stone column and a soldier figure at the top, it looks similar to the 45th PA Infantry Monument. The two monuments are surrounded by a low brick wall on their north and west side and they stand on a small grassy hill.

4th Pennsylvania Reserve Monument (33rd) Volunteer Infantry Monument

The Regt. arrived on the field on the afternoon of September 16, 1862. Formed at this point on the morning of the 17th, advanced about 600 yards South and became engaged with Hood's Confederate Division

• A statue of a man raising his hat over his head, holding a gun in the other. He is elevated and standing on a stone pillar. There is a plaque with text on the front of the monument. Behind the monument is a wooden fence and vegetation. In front of the monument is a road, Mansfield Avenue. The monument is located at the east end of a small parking area.

5th, 7th, and 66th Ohio Infantry Monument

A monument to three regiments who fought at the Battle of Antietam. Their combined loss was 17 men killed, 4 officers and 87 men wounded, 2 men missing, total 110.

• The monument stands on a small brick courtyard surrounded by green lawns. A wooden fence runs along the Hagerstown Turnpike next to the monument. It is on the east side of the Old Hagerstown Pike across from a white building, the Dunker Church. The monument is grey and stands about 20-30 feet tall. It stands on a stone base. A series of plaques, war department tablets stand to the east of the monument.

Antietam National Cemetery

Dedicated on September 17, 1867, the five year anniversary of the battle, the Antietam National Cemetery contains the remains of 4,700 Federal soldiers who were either killed or mortally wounded at the battles of Antietam, South Mountain, Monocacy and other actions in Maryland.

Burnside Bridge

Burnside Bridge played a key role in the Battle of Antietam when 400 Confederate soldiers managed to hold the line for several hours, preventing 12,000 Federals from forcing a crossing of the bridge and seizing the strategic high ground.

• A stone bridge, approximately 36 feet long by 12 feet wide, with stone walls on either side about 3 feet high. The bridge spans a shallow creek about 24 feet wide. The land rises sharply on both sides of the creek.

Clara Barton Monument

During The Battle of Antietam September 17, 1862 Clara Barton brought supplies and nursing aid to the wounded on this battlefield This act of love and mercy led to the birth of the present American National Red Cross

• A brick and stone base with an inlayed stone cross and a metal plaque. Upon it sits a large, upright flat stone with another metal, rectangular plaque. The monument is located along the north side of Mansfield Avenue, a paved road. To the west, about 20 feet away is another stone monument of a soldier representing the 7th Pennsylvania Reserve. To the northeast, a wooden fence stands over a grassy field. A wayside to Clara Barton stands to the east and a few white buildings stand to the north behind the monument. There is also a small parking area to the east of the Clara Barton Monument with a few spaces for cars.

Dunker Church

Dunker Church, a meeting house for the German Baptist Brethren who lived in the Sharpsburg area, was the focal point of repeated clashes during the Battle of Antietam as both the Union and Confederate armies sought to occupy and hold the high ground around it.

George Simpson Antietam National Cemetery

Lee’s Artillery Battalion

Confederate Col. Stephen D. Lee held this position with about nineteen guns, including units from Virginia, Louisiana, and South Carolina. Four types of Civil War cannons that represent Colonel Lee’s position are on display.

• Four different types of cannons stand next to each other on a green lawn. Nearby sits a white church, Dunker Church, and a tall grey statue, the New York State Monument. A paved path leads towards the church to the northwest and to the southeast, the paved path heads towards the visitor center and parking lot. Ther Hagerstown Turnpike road is in-between the paved path and Dunker Church.

Maryland State Monument

This monument is the only one on the battlefield dedicated to the soldiers who fought for both sides. Approximately 20,000 people attended the dedication of the monument on Memorial Day, May 30, 1900.

• The monument is a stone, octagonal structure with grey sides and a green bell-shaped roof. A green statue is on top of the roof. The monument stands on a brick-covered ground with benches around it. A paved path is on the east side of the monument and the Smoketown Road is to the northwest side of the monument. The monument stands on a small grassy knoll.

May Lundberg Antietam National Cemetery

May Lundberg is the only female veteran buried in Antietam National Cemetery. During World War I, she served as an officer in the Army Nurse Corps working at the American Hospital of Paris and for Red Cross Hospital in Paris.

• A typical soldier's headstone with a cross at the top. The text reads "May A Lundberg, New York, Nurse, Army Nurse Corps, World War I, December 28 1876, March 18 1950.

McKinley Monument

The monument stands on the spot where, as a teenager in 1862, the future President McKinley served coffee to his comrades during the combat of the Battle of Antietam. The inscription on the monument states that McKinley delivered his coffee "under fire" and "personally and without orders. William McKinley survived the Civil War, only to be killed by an assassin’s bullet while serving as the nation’s 25th President.

• This stone statue is a tall, 33-foot tall column with an eagle on a globe at the top and a women figure in mourning sitting right above the base. On the base there is a bas relief that depicts an image of Sgt. William McKinley serving coffee to his regiment. There is grass growing around the monument and a low black fence on three sides of it.

Monument to Gen. Robert E. Lee

The monument to General Lee and his role in the Battle of Antietam. At Antietam he hoped for a decisive victory, but Lee had to settle for a military draw.

• The bronze statue of General Lee sitting horseback stands on a stone column. The statue resides on a small grassy knoll. To the east and slightly downhill is a large, two story farmhouse, the Newcomer House. A smaller monument to the 3rd Indiana Cavalry Monument rests on the ground to the south of General Lee's statue by about 50 feet. The ground around the statue is uneven grass land with woods to the west and northwest.

Mumma Farm

Burned by the Confederates to prevent their use by Union sharpshooters, the Mumma farm was the only civilian property intentionally destroyed during the battle.

New York State Monument

One of the tallest monuments on the field at about 58 feet tall, it was dedicated September 17, 1920, on the 58th Anniversary of the Battle of Antietam. The bronze tablets list the generals from New York who were in command and the New York regiments and batteries at Antietam and depict the New York State coat of arms. Almost one-fourth of the Union army at Antietam was from New York. Over 250 Civil War veterans attended the dedication.

• This tall monument stands on a grassy lawn. The statue is approximately 58 feet tall and consists on a wide base, bronze tablets list the generals from New York who were in command, the New York regiments and batteries at Antietam and the New York State coat of arms. Above the tablets a very tall stone column raises to the sky. At the very top, a stone bird sits on a stone ball. The monument is east side of a paved walking path and just to the north of the 20th N.Y. Infantry Monument. The visitor center is also to the south, about 70 yards from the monument. From the monument, there is a view of the Battlefield of Antietam and other monuments and memorials can be seen, including four historic cannons to the southwest.

Observation Tower

The Observation Tower, which provides a sweeping panorama of the Antietam battlefield, was constructed at the end of the Sunken Road in 1897 by the War Department as part of its efforts to make the battlefield into an open air classroom.

Patrick Roy Antietam National Cemetery

Philadelphia Brigade Monument

This monument honors the men of the Philadelphia Brigade that fought at the Battle of Antietam. It was dedicated on September 17, 1896, and is the tallest monument at Antietam, standing 73 feet high. The brigade lost more than 550 men during the fighting in the West Woods.

• A tall, stone column rises from a round grassy field. There are inscriptions at the base of the column. To the north side of the monument in the small grass circle, there are trees. The monument is at the end of a paved road off on Dunker Church Road. The road ends in a circular parking lot that surrounds the monument and the grass that it stands on. There is space for about 20 cars in the parking area. Trees line the road to the monument.

Philip Pry Farm

The Philip Pry House served as headquarters for Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan, Union commander during the Battle of Antietam, and as a field hospital and headquarter of the Army of the Potomac medical department in the aftermath.

Private Soldier Monument Antietam National Cemetery

Roulette Farm

During the Battle of Antietam, thousands of Union soldiers passed through the Roulette farm on their way to the fighting at the Sunken Road. Afterwards, their the barn was used as a field hospital for many of the wounded and over 700 soldiers were buried in the fields.

Sunken Road

During the Battle of Antietam, thousands of men blazed away at each other at point-blank range along the Sunken Road. Eventually the Union forced the defenders back, leaving 5,500 soldiers dead or wounded on the field and in the road. Soldiers who fought here described it as the "road of death" and a "ghastly flooring." From that day forward, the road has been known as Bloody Lane.

The Cornfield

More than 25,000 soldiers fought in and around the Cornfield. By 9:30 a.m. thousands of them lay dead and dying. Confederate Gen. John Bell Hood wrote: "It was here that I witnessed the most terrible clash of arms, by far, that has occurred during the war." Union Gen. Joseph Hooker remembered that "every stalk of corn in the northern and greater part of the field was cut as closely as could have been done with a knife."

The East Woods

The first infantry engagement at Antietam took place here during the early evening hours of September 16. As darkness fell, Federal soldiers from Hooker's First Corps clashed with Confederates under Stonewall Jackson. The opposing picket lines exchanged fire throughout the damp and dismal night.

The Final Attack

The Joseph Poffenberger Farm

The Miller Farm

The Mumma Farm

The Newcomer Farm

The Newcomer House is the seasonal welcome center for the Heart of the Civil War Heritage Area, a partner of the Antietam National Battlefield.

The Newcomer House

Where some of the wounded, at the Battle of Antietam, went to receive treatment

The North Woods

The Otto Farm

The Otto Farm is where Union forces gathered after taking the Burnside Bridge. The final attack of the battle, originated from the fields around the Otto property.

The Piper Farm

The Piper Farm was the headquarters site for a few Confederate generals before the Battle of Antietam. Thousands of Confederate reinforcements streamed across the property on their way to the Sunken Road.

The Pry Farm

The Pry House was used by Union General George McClellan as a command post during the battle. Two wounded Federal generals were brought back to the house, which was a hospital in the days after the fight.

The Roulette Farm

The Union troop advanced across this property on their advance on the Sunken Road. The family survived the battle, but lost many belongings and stores they had saved up in preparation for the coming winter.

The Sherrick Farm

Federal troops crossed over this farmstead during the final attack of the Battle of Antietam.

The West Woods

During the morning of September 17, 1862, West Woods was the scene of some of the opening fighting of the Battle of Antietam and some of the heaviest fighting of the entire war.

Union Advance

West Woods

Throughout the morning of the battle, the Union army launched numerous attacks in and around the West Woods attempting to drive the Confederates from the field. General John Sedgewick's Union division lost over 2,000 killed and wounded during one of these attacks.

Antietam National Battlefield Visitor Center

• Antietam National Battlefield Visitor Center
• After an extensive rehab project, the visitor center reopened in September 2023. Due to unforeseen water leaks and humidity issues, all the historic artifacts have been taken off exhibit to protect them until these issues have been resolved. We apologize for the inconvenience to your battlefield experience.

• Take a short hike on the Tidball Trail
• A short walk/hike that is about 1/2 mile roundtrip.

• Take a Short Walk on the Antietam Remembered Trail
• A 1/4 mile walk around the area adjacent to the park visitor center that explores connected subjects to the battle.

• Visit Antietam National Battlefield Visitor Center
• The should be the first stop for every visitor to Antietam. Rangers and volunteers provide maps and information to help you get off on the right path for your visit.

• The Union Advance Trail at Antietam
• Hike the Union Advance Trail to learn about the fighting around the famous Burnside Bridge.

Farmsteads Tour

This tour will direct visitors to the historic farmsteads on the battlefield. It will be combination of driving to each site and depending upon your level of interest, you will have to walk about five minutes in some cases to see the farm. Only the Pry and Newcomer Houses are open to the public, limited hours during the summer.

Remembered Trail

What is a Battlefield Park? How does a nation commemorate and remember its history? During this walk you will discover how veterans, the military, citizens, and the National Park Service created and preserved the tangible reminders of the Battle of Antietam for over 140 years. The paved, quarter-mile trail starts and ends at the visitor center. It will take you past some significant landmarks and monuments that help tell the story of the battle and the evolution of this national park.

Self-Guided Driving Tour

This tour is the 9 mile, 10 stop auto tour of the battlefield. Each stop has a parking lot and interpretive signs providing additional information about each location. Some of the stops also are great places to start a short hike of the surrounding area.