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Maryland State Monument, Sharpsburg, Washington County, MD

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Maryland State Monument, Sharpsburg, Washington County, MD

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Significance: It was commissioned in 1898 by the Maryland General Assembly to honor the Union and Confederate soldiers from the state who fought in the Battle of Antietam. The monument is located in a grove of trees across the Hagerstown Pike from Dunker Church in the Antietam National Battlefield. The monument was dedicated on Decoration Day, May 30, 1900, in a ceremony attended by President McKinley and other dignitaries...
Survey number: HABS MD-1116
Building/structure dates: 1898-1900 Initial Construction
National Register of Historic Places NRIS Number: 66000038

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Date

1910 - 1920
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Contributors

Historic American Buildings Survey, creator
Oehrlein & Associates, contractor
Black, Reed, field team
Anderson, Doug, field team
Oehrlein, Mary, project manager
Amundson, David W, delineator
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