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The American Volunteer – also known as The American Soldier – is a colossal granite statue that crowns the U.S. Soldier Monument and forms the centerpiece of Antietam National Cemetery in Sharpsburg Maryland. The monument is also known as the Private Soldier Monument.The monument was designed by sculptor Carl Conrads and architect George Keller both of the New England Granite Works of Hartford Connecticut James G. Batterson president.