Tuesday, December 2, 2008

58th Illinois

On back of monument:
58th Infantry,
Commanded by Col. Wm. F. Lynch.
This regiment held this line with slight changes of position from about 9.00 a.m., April 6, 1862, until its capture about 5.30 p.m. The regiment lost in battle 20 men killed; 8 officers and 39 men wounded; 223 men missing; total, 290.

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