The Ninth New York was commanded at Antietam by Lieutenant Colonel Edgar A. Kimball. It brought 373 men to the field It in eight companies of infantry, with Company F detached in North Carolina and Company K operating as Whiting's Battery of Artillery. It lost 45 men killed, 176 wounded and 14 missing in the attack from Antietam Creek up the slopes to the town of Sharpsburg.

Captain Adolphe Libaire of Company E received the Medal of Honor for his actions at Antietam. Libaire picked up the regiment's colors after the color bearers had been killed or wounded and led the charge up the hill.

The 9th New York was attached to the First Brigade of the Third Division of the Ninth Army Corps.

From the west side of the monument:

Toujours Pret* Erected by the State of New York to the memory of the 9th New York Infantry - Hawkins' Zouaves - who fought on this Field, Sept. 17, 1862.

From the north side:

Members present for duty in action 373, killed 54, wounded 158, missing 28, total loss 240. Two Companies were detailed and engaged elsewhere and did not participate in the advance.

From the south side:

The greatest mortality occurred near this position, where the Regi- ment contended with a superior force of infantry and artillery.

From the east side:

About 2 P.M. having forded the Antietam Creek, the regiment meeting with desperate resistance, advanced to this position and held it until ordered elsewhere.