Antietam Battlefield Historical Tablet No. 78

Companies G, I and K, 4th U. S. Infantry

3 PM 17 September to 6 PM 17 September

U.S.A.
COMPANIES G, I and K, 4th U.S. INFANTRY
Lieut. C. H. Carlton, Commanding.

(September 17, 1862.)

Between 3 and 4 P.M., of the 17th, the 4th U.S. Infantry took position on the right (north) of the Boonsboro Pike, near the Bloody Lane.

Companies G, I and K, under command of Lieut. Carlton, were advanced as skirmishers, their left resting on the pike at this point, the right extending northwardly across open ground in the direction of Piper's Lane.

In this position they engaged the Confederate skirmishers at a rail fence, 75 yards distant from the center of the line.

The center was enfiladed by canister from the enemy's guns on Cemetery Hill, south of this road, and suffered severely.

About sunset the skirmishers were withdrawn and rejoined the Regiment which then recrossed the Antietam.

No. 78.

Location: north side of the Boonsboro Pike, west of Rodman Avenue (Map 4)

Units described and/or located by this Tablet:

4th United States Infantry

Source: Antietam Battlefield Board, Antietam Battlefield Board Papers, Washington DC: National Archives and Records Administration, 1891-1898, Entry 707, Record Group 92 (Historical Tablet text by Generals E.A. Carman and H. Heth)

Notes

1 Antietam Board, Antietam Battlefield Commission Papers, Washington DC: National Archives and Records Administration, 1891-1898, Entry 707, Record Group 92 (Historical Tablet text by Generals E.A. Carman and H. Heth) [AotW citation 16873]

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