Monument is located on Union Avenue, 100 yards west of the Wisconsin Memorial. Also a marker designating the assault of 22 May 1863, located 100' east of Confederate Avenue, south of the Missouri Memorial. This unit was attached to Brig. Gen. Thomas E.G. Ransom's 2d Brigade of Brig. Gen. John McArthur's 6th Division, Maj. Gen. James B. McPherson's XVII Army Corps, and commanded by Col. Lyman M. Ward. [Refer to pages 328, 329, 354 and 356, Volume 1 of the WPA Monumentation Survey Books.]
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Last updated: April 14, 2015