15TH IOWA INFANTRY REGIMENT AT SHILOH MEMORIAL
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Listing Details
Type of Memorial: Regimental Memorial Stone
Year Dedicated: 1906
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: CIVIL WAR
Submitted By: IOWACIVILWARMONUMENTS.COM
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 OTHERS WOUNDED.
SEE ALSO-15TH IOWA INFANTRY REGIMENT AT SHILOH MEMORIAL PLAQUES A & B
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