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Inscription Reads: (front of monument) OHIO 54th INFANTRY (ZOUAVES) Commanded by Col. T. KILBY SMITH, Lt. Col. JAS. A. FARDEN, STUART'S (2d) BRIGADE, SHERMAN'S (5th) DIVISION, ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE. (back of monument) This regiment, with six of its companies at this place and four companies 300 yards to the left, defended the position, on extreme left of Union army, from 11.30 a.m. to 2 p.m., April 6, 1862. Its loss was 2 officers and 23 men killed; 5 officers and 128 men wounded; 32 men missing; total, 190.
KILLED. Co. A. Ezra J. Latham Co. D. William H.H. Shockey Nahum Chesley John E. Lusk William Holcomb Joseph McTaggart Louis Stirtz William Northup Co. B. Franklin B. Adams Co. E. James Potter James M. Castleman Co. F. Capt. Peter Bertram Francis V. Hale Edward Moon Henry King Samuel Carl Allen H. Lowe Frank Oberinger Co. C. 2d Lt. George DeCharm Co. G. Albert Black Thomas N. Dowden John Ferguson Fergus Mitchell John Caplin Jason Randall
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Unit Commander: COL T. Kilby Smith
Brigade: 2nd Brigade
Division: 5th Division
Corps:Unknown Army: Army of the Tennessee
Grid Location: H09 *
Location: 35.12823333,-88.32135
Location Description:Unknown
* Grid Location is the location identifier that is used on paper maps in the parks.