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The 36th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, commanded by Lieut. Col. Melvin Clarke in Crook's 2d Brigade, Kanawha Division, Ninth Army Corps, Army of the Potomac, advanced near the bridge over Antietam Creek on the morning of September 17, 1862, in support of Sturgis' Division. The regiment took part in the charge that captured the bridge, and Lieut. Col. Melvin Clarke was killed near this spot. Its losses were 1 officer and 1 man killed, 21 men wounded, and 2 men missing, for a total of 25.
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