Tuesday, December 2, 2008

14th Illinois

On back of monument:
14th Infantry,
Commanded by Col. Cyrus Hall.
Went into battle on this line about 9.30 a.m., April 6, 1862, and with slight changes of position held it until 11 a.m., when the regiment fell back to the road and formed a new line. It lost in the battle 9 officers and 117 men wounded; 35 men killed; 4 missing; total, 165.

This monument is located on the east side of Woolf Field along the Corinth Road.

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