1st Illinois Light Artillery, Battery H

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An iron tablet on Union Ave 400' south of Park Tour Stop #5; also a monument on the south side of Park Tour Stop #5. This unit was attached to Maj. Gen. Francis P. Blair's 2nd Division of Maj. Gen. William T. Sherman's XV Army Corps and was commanded by Capt. Levi W. Hart. (Capt. William Cogswell commanded all 1st Illinois Light artillery.) [Refer to Gen. Blair of Missouri].

 

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