Private Christopher Columbus Blake, 2nd United States Sharpshooters was seriously wounded on the top of his head at Antietam. He was discharged afterward for disability but lived a full life as a lawyer and newspaperman in Iowa, Illinois, Colorado, and finally Kansas.

Descendants and historians located his previously unmarked grave in 2011 and the US Department of Veterans Affairs provided a new headstone. That’s local historian Iona Spencer placing flowers during the dedication of the new stone; photograph from Chris Hong’s Lawrence (KS) Journal-World story about the event.

Lansing, Michigan City Auditor John J Whitman enrolled as First Lieutenant of Company B, 2nd United States Sharpshooters in Detroit in August 1861. He was mortally wounded – his leg “shot off” – at Antietam on 17 September 1862 and died at Keedysville the next day. His photograph contributed to his Findagrave memorial by Brian White, from his collection.