97th Illinois Infantry

97th Illinois Infantry Regimental Monument

NPS/P. Winfrey

Monument is located on Union Avenue 300 yards south of the Minnesota Memorial.. Also a marker designating the assault of 22 May 1863, 400' east of Confederate Avenue southeast of the Railroad Redoubt and a marker designating a sharpshooter's in the mowed gallery running north and south 400 yards west-southwest of the Minnesota Memorial. This unit was attached to Col. William J. Landram's 2nd Brigade of Brig. Gen. Andrew J. Smith's 10th Division, Maj. Gen'ls John A. McClernand (relieved of command 19 June 1863) & Edward O.C. Ord's XIII Army Corps and was commanded by Col. Friend S. Rutherford & Lt. Col. Lewis D. Martin.

 

Monument Inscription (Alt-Text):

97th INFANTRY.
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COL. FRIEND S. RUTHERFORD;
LIEUT. COL. LEWIS D. MARTIN.
2d Brig., 10th Div., 13th Corps.

CASUALTIES:
Port Gibson, May 1, 1863, Wounded 6,
Missing 2, Total 8; Champion's
Hill, May 16, Wounded 5, Skirmishes,
May 18, 20, and 21, Lieut. Alexander
C. Atchison Killed; Assault,
May 19, Killed 1, Wounded 8, Total 9;
Assault, May 22, Wounded 12,
Missing 2, Total 14.
Aggregate, Killed 2, Wounded 31,
Missing 4, Total 37.

ILLINOIS

 

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