6th Missouri Infantry

 

Multiple monument is located on Union Avenue 300' south of Park Tour Stop #5. Also a marker designating the assaults of 19 May 1863 located 150' east of Confederate Avenue near the Missouri Memorial, a marker designating the assaults of 22 May 1863 located at Park Tour Stop #10, 100' off the east side of Confederate Avenue, and a marker designating a sharpshooter's line on Confederate Avenue 300' behind the Missouri Memorial. This unit was attached to Col. Giles A. Smith's 1st Brigade of Maj. Gen. Francis P. Blair's 2nd Division, Maj. Gens William T. Sherman & Frederick Steel's XV Army Corps and was commanded by Lt. Col. Ira Boutell & Col. James H. Blood.
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Last update: Friday, November 05, 1999
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Editor: G. Zeman