| Iron tablet located at Battery McPherson on the south side of Old Jackson
Road, 300 yards east of the Shirley House. Also an Iron tablet located on the south side
of Old Hwy 27, at Maloney Circle east of the old railroad bridge and an iron tablet
located in Maloney Circle off Old Hwy 27 west of the old railroad bridge. This unit was
attached to Brig. Gen. William P. Benton, Col. Henry D. Washburn (assumed command 31 May
1863) & Col. David Shunk's (assumed command 27 June 1863) 1st Brigade of
Brig. Gen. Eugene A. Carr's 14th Division, Maj. Gen'ls John A. McClernand
(relieved of command 19 June 1863) & Edward O.C. Ord's XIII Army Corps and was
commanded by Maj. Maurice Maloney. A detachment under the command of Maj. Maloney
served two 30-pdr. Parrott rifles from 20 May 1863 & two 8" Dahlgren guns from 20
June 1863 to the end of the siege, called Battery Maloney, in the general area of the
position now known as Maloney's Circle. A detachment of the regiment commanded by Capt.
E.D. Phillips served a 30-pdr. Parrott rifle in the position now known as Maloney's Circle
from 21 May 1863 to the end of the siege. A 3rd detachment of the regiment
under Capt. Robert Hilton Offley served two 30-pdr. Parrott riffles from the afternoon of
21 May 1863 & two 9" muzzle loading Dahlgren guns from 11 June 1863 to 19 June
1863 at Battery McPherson. The two Parrott rifles were moved to an advanced battery on 19
June 1863. The two Dahlgren guns were served in Battery McPherson until the end of the
siege on 4 July 1863. Capt. Robert Hilton Offley was wounded on 19 May 1863 & Lt.
Charles Wilkins was mortally wounded on 25 May 1863. Total casualties reported during the
campaign were six wounded. [Refer to pages 567, 580 & 583, Volume 2 of the WPA
Monumentation Survey Books.] |
 
|
