28th Ohio Volunteer Infantry

<i>(Front of Monument):</i><br><center><b>OHIO</b><br>28th Infantry<br>Commanded by<br>Lieut. Col. Gottsfried Becker<br>Crooks (2d) Brigade<br>Kanawha Division<br>Ninth Army Corps<br> Army of the Potomac</center><br><br><i>(Rear of Monument):</i><br>This Regiment was conducted by Gen. Crook on a reconnaissance above the Bridge over Antietam Creek on the morning of Sept. 17, 1862, and 5 companies 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 the creek.<br><br>Its loss was 2 men killed; 19 men wounded; total 21.