COL. HALL WAS THE COMMANDER OF THE IOWA 11TH INFANTRY REGIMENT AND WAS IN BATTLES AT SHILOH, CORINTH AND LATER AT ATLANTA. HE WAS THE COMMANDER OF "CROCKER'S IOWA BRIGADE" DURING THE ATLANTA CAMPAIGN.

COL. WOODS WAS THE COMMANDER OF THE IOWA 12TH INFANTRY REGIMENT. HE AND HIS REGIMENT WERE IN ACTION AT FT. DONELSON AND THE HORNET'S NEST AT SHILOH.

COL. CHAMBERS WAS A REGULAR ARMY OFFICER AND THE COMMANDER OF THE IOWA 16TH INFANTRY REGIMENT. HE WAS WOUNDED SLIGHTLY AT SHILOH AND WOUNDED SEVERELY AT LUKA. HE WAS PROMOTED TO HEAD "CROCKER'S IOWA BRIGADE" AND LED THE BRIGADE DURING THE VICKSBURG CAMPAI ...

GENERAL STEELE WAS A VETERAN OF THE MEXICAN WAR. AS A COLONEL HE COMMANDED THE 8TH IOWA INFANTRY REGIMENT DURING THE CIVIL WAR. LATER HE RECEIVED PROMOTIONS TO BRIGADIER GENERAL AND MAJOR GENERAL. DURING MUCH OF THE WAR, HIS COMMAND WAS LOCATED IN MISSOUR ...

GENERAL REID ORGANIZED AND WAS THE COLONEL OF THE IOWA 15TH INFANTRY REGIMENT AT SHILOH, THE INEXPERIENCED REGIMENT WAS PUSHED INTO A GAP IN THE UNION LINE AND SUFFERED HEAVY CASUALTIES. COL. REID WAS KNOCKED OFF HIS HORSE WHEN SHOT IN THE NECK. HE WAS AB ...

GENERAL MATHIES WAS BORN IN PRUSSIA AND HAD MILITARY EXPERIENCE THERE BEFORE EMIGRATING TO IOWA IN 1849. HE WAS A COLONEL IN THE IOWA 5TH INFANTRY REGIMENT BEFORE BEING PROMOTED TO BRIGADIER GENERAL IN APRIL OF 1863 AND HOLDING BRIGADE COMMANDS.

GENERAL TUTTLE WAS THE COLONEL OF THE 2ND IOWA INFANTRY REGIMENT. HE WAS WELL KNOWN FOR LEADING HIS REGIMENT IN A HEROIC CHARGE AT FT. DONELSON AND FOR LEADING TUTTLE'S IOWA BRIGADE AT THE HORNET'S NEST AT SHILOH. HE WAS PROMOTED TO GENERAL AND LED THE 3R ...

CAPTAIN RIGBY SERVED IN COMPANY B OF THE IOWA 24TH INFANTRY REGIMENT. HE WAS A 21 YEAR OLD LIEUTENANT DURING THE SIEGE OF VICKSBURG. HE WAS LATER PROMOTED TO CAPTAIN.

GENERAL CROCKER WAS THE COLONEL OF THE IOWA 13TH INFANTRY REGIMENT. AFTER HEROIC ACTION AT SHILOH, HE WAS PROMOTED AND HEADED CROCKER'S IOWA BRIGADE. HE WAS PROMOTED AGAIN AND WAS A MAJOR GENERAL IN CHARGE OF THE 7TH DIVISION, 17TH CORPS FOR THE VICKSBURG ...

THERE ARE 6 BRONZE RELIEF SCULPTURES AND A LARGE EQUESTRIAN STATUE. THERE IS ALSO A BRONZE PLAQUE LISTING THE 28 IOWA INFANTRY REGIMENTS, 2 CAVALRY REGIMENTS AND 2 BATTERIES PRESENT AT THE SIEGE OF VICKSBURG.

SEE ALSO-IOWA'S VICKSBURG WAR MONUMENT

SEE ALSO-IOWA'S VICKSBURG WAR MONUMENT

SEE ALSO-IOWA'S VICKSBURG WAR MONUMENT

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SEE ALSO-IOWA'S VICKSBURG WAR MONUMENT

SEE ALSO-IOWA'S VICKSBURG WAR MONUMENT

SEE ALSO-2ND IOWA BATTERY AT VICKSBURG MEMORIAL PLAQUE

SEE ALSO-2ND IOWA BATTERY AT VICKSBURG MEMORIAL

SEE ALSO-3RD IOWA INFANTRY AT VICKSBURG MEMORIAL PLAQUE

SEE ALSO-3RD IOWA INFANTRY AT VICKSBURG MEMORIAL