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SEE ALSO-FRANKLIN COUNTY WAR MEMORIAL BACK

ONE OF THE GREAT HEROES OF WORLD WAR I.

VETERANS PLAZA CONTAINS MEMORIALS TO WORLD WAR I, WORLD WAR II, KOREAN WAR, VIETNAM WAR AND DESERT STORM. IT HONORS VETERANS OF MEMPHIS AND SHELBY COUNTY WHO WERE KILLED DEFENDING THE FREEDOM OF THE UNITED STATES.

TO ALL TENNESSEANS WHO DIED OF WOUND OR DISEASE RECEIVED OR CONTRACTED DURING THEIR SERVICE IN THE WAR WITH MEXICO.

ON JULY 1, 1898 LT. RAY PLANTED THE UNITED STATES FLAG ON SAN JUAN HILL, CUBA, AMID A HAIL OF ENEMY BULLETS DURING THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR. FOR HIS HEROIC COURAGE IN ACTION RAY RECEIVED A BATTLEFIELD PROMOTION. HE SERVED IN THE U.S. ARMY FROM 1872 TO 190 ...

THIS MEMORIAL FEATURES AN 18,000 LB GRANITE GLOBE FLOATING ON 1/8 INCH OF WATER. THE COUNTRIES ON THE GLOBE ARE AS THEY WERE DURING THE WAR. VISITORS MAY STOP THE GLOBE AND TURN IT WITH THEIR HANDS.

SEE ALSO-6TH IOWA INFANTRY REGIMENT AT SHILOH MEMORIAL PLAQUE

THE IOWA 14TH WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HORNETS NEST, AFTER FIGHTING OFF REPEATED CONFEDERATE ATTACKS, IT WAS SURROUNDED AND FORCED TO SURRENDER LATER IN THE AFTERNOON ON APRIL 6, 1862. OF 442 PRESENT FOR DUTY, 8 WERE KILLED, 39 WOUNDED AND 226 CAPTURED. O ...

THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED BY THE STATE OF IOWA IN COMMEMORATION OF THE LOYALTY, PATRIOTISM AND BRAVERY OF HER SONS WHO, ON THIS BATTLEFIELD OF SHILOH ON THE 6TH AND 7TH DAYS OF APRIL, A.D. 1862, FOUGHT TO PERPETUATE THE SACRED UNION OF THE STATES. IOWA H ...

THE IOWA 8TH WAS IN SWEENY'S BRIGADE ON THE LEFT OF TUTTLE'S IOWA BRIGADE. IT WAS DEFENDING A BATTERY AND SUFFERED HEAVY CASUALTIES. MOST OF THE REGIMENT WAS CAPTURED WHEN IT WAS SURROUNDED LATE IN THE AFTERNOON ON APRIL 6, 1862. OF ABOUT 600 ENGAGED IN ...

THE IOWA 7TH WAS IN A POSITION IN THE CENTER OF THE HORNETS NEST ON APRIL 6, 1862. IT HAD A TOTAL OF 34 CASUALTIES OUR OF 383 ENGAGED IN THE BATTLE.

SEE ALSO-6TH IOWA INFANTRY REGIMENT AT SHILOH MEMORIAL

THE 3RD IOWA INFANTRY REGIMENT WAS ON THE LEFT OF THE UNION LINE AT SHILOH ON APRIL 6, 1862. OF 560 MEN IN THE BATTLE, THERE WERE 23 KILLED, 134 WOUNDED AND 30 MISSING.

THE 2ND IOWA INFANTRY REGIMENT WAS ON THE RIGHT OF THE UNION LINE IN THE HORNETS NEST. IT SUFFERED 72 CASUALTIES OUT OF 490 MEN ENGAGED IN THE BATTLE.

THE INEXPERIENCE IOWA 16TH ARRIVED AT THE SHILOH BATTLEFIELD EARLY IN THE MORNING OF THE BATTLE ON APRIL 6, 1862.THE REGIMENT SUFFERED 131 CASUALTIES KILLED AND WOUNDED.

THE IOWA 15TH, COMMANDED BY COL. HUGH T. REID, AT THE BATTLE OF SHILOH GENERAL GRANT DECIDED TO PUT THE IOWA 15TH AND 16TH INTO A GAP IN JONES FIELD. THE REGIMENT SUFFERED HEAVY CASUALTIES OF 750 ENGAGED, THERE WERE 56 KILLED AND MORTALLY WOUNDED AND 146 ...

THE IOWA 13TH, COMMANDED BY COL. MARCELLUS CROCKER, HELD A VARIETY OF POSITIONS IN THE CENTER OF THE UNION LINE ON APRIL 6, 1862. OF THE 760 MEN, THERE WERE 40 KILLED AND MORTALLY WOUNDED, 126 WOUNDED AND 5 MISSING.

THE IOWA 12TH, PART OF TUTTLE'S BRIGADE, WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE NORNETS NEST ON APRIL 6, 1862. THEY HELD OFF REPEATED CONFEDERATE ATTACKS THROUGHOUT THE DAY. THE REGIMENT COMMANDER, COL. JOESPH WOODS, REPORTED "AGAIN AND AGAIN DID HE ATTACK US, TRYING V ...

SEE ALSO-11TH IOWA INFANTRY REGIMENT AT SHILOH MEMORIAL

THE IOWA 11TH WAS ON THE RIGHT OF THE UNION FRONT ON APRIL 6, 1862 AND ENGAGED IN HEAVY ACTION DURING THE DAY. OF THE 763 PRESENT, THERE WERE 33 KILLED, 160 WOUNDED AND 1 MISSING SEE ALSO-11TH IOWA INFANTRY REGIMENT AT SHILOH MEMORIAL PLAQUE

THE IOWA 4TH, 9TH, 25TH, 30TH AND 31ST INFANTRY REGIMENTS AND THE IOWA 1ST BATTERY FOUGHT IN THE BATTLE OF LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN-THE "BATTLE ABOVE THE CLOUDS" ON NOVEMBER 24, 1863. THIS WAS A FEDERAL VICTORY THAT OCCURRED A DAY BEFORE ANOTHER DECISIVE VICTORY ...

NOV. 24TH THIS REGIMENT, WITH ITS BRIGADE, PARTICIPATED IN THE STORMING OF LOOKOUT MOUNTAIN.

BATTERY D, 1ST MISSOURI LIGHT ARTILLERY U.S.A. WAS IN ACTION 1200 YDS.NORTHWEST OF THIS POINT NOV. 25, 1863