SERGEANT MCKINLEY CO. E, 23RD OHIO VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, WHILE IN CHARGE OF THE COMMISSARY DEPARTMENT, ON THE AFTERNOON OF THE DAY OF THE BATTLE OF ANTIETAM, SEPTEMBER 17, 1862, PERSONALLY AND WITHOUT ORDERS SERVED "HOT COFFEE" AND "WARM FOOD" TO EVERY MAN ...

THE PHILADELPHIA BRIGADE FOUGHT HERE SEPTEMBER 17, 1862 LOSS-545 MEN. THE PHILADELPHIA BRIGADE WAS MUSTERED INTO THE U.S. SERVICE IN 1861 UNDER THE FIRST CALL FOR 300,000 THREE YEAR VOLUNTEERS. TOTAL ENROLLMENT 1861-1865 5320 MEN

NUMBER ENGAGED-779 CASUALTIES KILLED-43 WOUNDED-161 TOTAL-204

THIS REGIMENT CROSSED ANTIETAM CREEK FORMING RIGHT OF FIRST LINE FRENCH'S DIVISION. ADVANCED WITH HEAVY SKIRMISHING AND BECAME FIERCELY ENGAGED IMMEADIATELY IN FRONT OF SUNKEN ROAD. 8 OF THE 10 COMPANY COMMANDERS AND THE ENTIRE COLOR-GUARD KILLED OR WOUN ...

ERECTED IN MEMORY OF OUR FALLEN COMRADES BY THE SURVIVORS OF THE REGIMENT

THIS REGIMENT WITH ITS BRIGADE CROSSED THE FORD OF ANTIETAM CREEK IN THE AFTERNOON OF SEPT 17, 1862, AND HELD THIS POSITION UNTIL THE CLOSE OF THE BATTLE. ITS LOSS WAS 8 MEN KILLED, 1 OFFICER AND 58 MEN WOUNDED, 2 MEN MISSING, TOTAL 69 TWO OF ITS MEMBER ...

THIS REGIMENT WAS ENGAGED WITH THE ENEMY 400 YARDS NORTH OF THIS MARKER, SEPTEMBER 17TH, 1862. NUMBER ENGAGED 440 KILLED OR WOUNDED 209

5 COMPANIES OF THIS REGIMENT SUCCEEDED IN CROSSING THE CREEK BEFORE THE CAPTURE OF THE BRIDGE; IT THEN FORMED PART OF THE FORCES THAT CHARGED AND DROVE THE ENEMY FROM ANTIETAM CREEK. ITS LOSS WAS 2 MEN KILLED; 19 MEN WOUNDED, TOTAL 21

THIS REGIMENT OF RICHARDSON'S RESERVE BRIGADE CROSSED ANTIETAM CREEK, ADVANCED WITH DIVISION AND CAME UNDER HEAVY ARTILLERY FIRE WHILE HOLDING POSITION IMMEDIATELY BEYOND CREST OF THIS RIDGE. IT MOVED TO RIGHT AND HELPED REPULSE COUNTERATTACK IN GAP BETWE ...

THIS REGIMENT ENGAGED 187 MEN AT THE BATTLE OF ANTIETAM. LOSSES 18 KILLED, 48 WOUNDED AND 3 MISSING

THIS REGIMENT WAS ENGAGED HERE ABOUT 5 O'CLOCK P.M. SEPTEMBER 17, 1862. ITS LOSS WAS 3 OFFICERS AND 10 MEN KILLED, INCLUDING BOTH COLOR BEARERS; 1 OFFICER AND 48 MEN WOUNDED; 2 OFFICERS AND 15 MEN TAKEN PRISONERS. TOTAL 79

1862-1902 AFTER MANY YEARS, WE, THEIR SURVIVING COMRADES, JOURNEYING HITHER, AND CALLING TO REMEMBRANCE THEIR FORTITUDE IN THE MIDST OF HARDSHIPS, AND THEIR COURAGE IN THE MIDST OF DANGERS, HAVE REVERENTLY, AND WITH LOVING HANDS, ERECTED THIS NOBLE SHAFT ...

AT NOON, SEPT 17, 1862 THIS REGIMENT MOVED TO THE RIGHT UP THE HILL WHERE AT THE LANE, TWO HUNDRED AND FOURTEEN OF THEIR OFFICERS AND MEN WERE KILLED OR WOUNDED.