Shiloh National Monument Detail

Monument #M033: Illinois State Memorial (Tenn & Ohio)

Inscription Reads:
ILLINOIS STATE MONUMENT
(front of monument)
ILLINOIS
ERECTS THIS MONUMENT TO COMMEMORATE HER SONS,
WHO HERE GAVE THEIR SERVICES, TO PERPETUATE
THE HONOR AND GLORY OF THE UNITED STATES.
(east side of monument)
ILLINOIS HAD IN THIS BATTLE 27 REGIMENTS
OF INFANTRY, 10 BATTERIES OF ARTILLERY AND
6 DETACHMENTS OF CAVALRY. HER LOSS IN KILLED
AND WOUNDED WAS 3,957,--MISSING 410.
[cont'd]
(west side of monument)
"THE WORLD WILL LITTLE NOTE, NOR LONG
REMEMBER WHAT WE SAY HERE, BUT IT
CAN NEVER FORGET WHAT THEY DID HERE."

Overall Image

Unit Commander: Unknown
Brigade: Unknown
Division: Unknown
Corps: Unknown
Army: Unknown
Grid Location: C07 *
Location: 35.13731667,-88.35068333
Location Description: Unknown
* Grid Location is the location identifier that is used on paper maps in the parks.