General Jacob Eugene Duryee - Near
Officers’ section, large stone (The only
general buried in Antietam National
Cemetery).
Born March 7, 1839, the son of Union
brigadier general Abram Duryea (Duryee)
who commanded a brigade in The Cornfield
the day of the battle, he served at the start
of the Civil War as a private in the 7th New
York State Militia Regiment. He then was
commissioned as a captain in his father’s
regiment, the 5th New York Volunteer
Infantry (known as the “Duryee Zouaves”).
Finally, he was transferred to the 2nd
Maryland Infantry and led it as its lieutenant
colonel. On March 13, 1865, he was brevetted
as a brigadier general, U.S. Volunteers,
dating from March 13, 1865, for “gallant and
meritorious services”. He died May 25, 1918.
Lieutenant J. A. Lee - Officer’s Section #876

Jacob Duryee