61st Illinois Infantry

Unit position marker

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Monument is located on Union Avenue approximately .9 miles west of Thayer's Approach (Park Tour Stop #6). This unit was attached to Col. Adolph Engelmann's Brigade of Brig. Gen. Nathan Kimball's Provisional Division, Maj. Gen. Cadwallader C. Washburn's XVI Army Corps (Detachment) on Maj. Gen'l William T. Sherman's exterior line and was commanded by Maj. Simon P. Ohr.