Finding the Historical Tablets at Antietam NB

In 1897 the Antietam Battlefield Board created and installed 217 cast iron markers—the Historical Tablets—on and around the site of the battle at Sharpsburg on what later became the Antietam National Battlefield (ANB).

Select a part of the Battlefield to view by clicking on the number of the map you wish to see or by choosing from the list below the map. We'll display the complete text of each Tablet on it's own page when you click on its location on one of 5 maps.

You can also see a list of all of the Tablets in the Tablet Index.

See more about ... the maps used here on AotW.

See more about ... Historical Tablets at Antietam National Battlefield.

Maps available:

• Tablet Locating Map 1    Northern Part of the Field    (11 AM 15 Sept - 9 AM 17 Sept 1862)
• Tablet Locating Map 2    Northern Part of the Field    (5 AM - 12 M 17 Sept 1862)
• Tablet Locating Map 3    Central Part of the Field    (15 - 17 Sept 1862)
• Tablet Locating Map 4    Southern Part of the Field    (15 - 17 Sept 1862)
• Tablet Locating Map 5    Eastern Boonsboro Pike    (15 - 17 Sept 1862)