National War Memorial Registry, War Memorial Catalog Of United States

UNION SOLDERS RETREATED ACROSS THIS FIELD ON JANUARY 2, 1863, PURSUED BY CONFEDERATE TROOPS UNDER MAJ. GEN. JOHN C. BECKINRIDGE. THE SOUTHERNERS WERE STOPPED BY MENDENHALL'S ARTILLERY POSTED AT THIS POSITION. THE INSCRIPTION READS, "ON JANUARY 2ND, 1863 AT 3:00PM THERE WERE STATIONED ON THIS HILL FIFTY-EIGHT CANNON COMMANDING THE FIELD ACROSS THE RIVER, AND AS THE CONFEDERATES ADVANCED OVER THIS FIELD, THE SHOT AND SHELL FROM THESE GUNS RESULTED IN A LOSS OF EIGHTEEN-HUNDRED KILLED AND WOUNDED IN LESS THAN AN HOUR."