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SEE ALSO-FRANKLIN COUNTY WAR MEMORIAL BACK
ONE OF THE GREAT HEROES OF WORLD WAR I.
VETERANS PLAZA CONTAINS MEMORIALS TO WORLD WAR I, WORLD WAR II, KOREAN WAR, VIETNAM WAR AND DESERT STORM. IT HONORS VETERANS OF MEMPHIS AND SHELBY COUNTY WHO WERE KILLED DEFENDING THE FREEDOM OF THE UNITED STATES.
TO ALL TENNESSEANS WHO DIED OF WOUND OR DISEASE RECEIVED OR CONTRACTED DURING THEIR SERVICE IN THE WAR WITH MEXICO.
ON JULY 1, 1898 LT. RAY PLANTED THE UNITED STATES FLAG ON SAN JUAN HILL, CUBA, AMID A HAIL OF ENEMY BULLETS DURING THE SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR. FOR HIS HEROIC COURAGE IN ACTION RAY RECEIVED A BATTLEFIELD PROMOTION. HE SERVED IN THE U.S. ARMY FROM 1872 TO 190 ...
THIS MEMORIAL FEATURES AN 18,000 LB GRANITE GLOBE FLOATING ON 1/8 INCH OF WATER. THE COUNTRIES ON THE GLOBE ARE AS THEY WERE DURING THE WAR. VISITORS MAY STOP THE GLOBE AND TURN IT WITH THEIR HANDS.
SEE ALSO-6TH IOWA INFANTRY REGIMENT AT SHILOH MEMORIAL PLAQUE
THE IOWA 14TH WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF THE HORNETS NEST, AFTER FIGHTING OFF REPEATED CONFEDERATE ATTACKS, IT WAS SURROUNDED AND FORCED TO SURRENDER LATER IN THE AFTERNOON ON APRIL 6, 1862. OF 442 PRESENT FOR DUTY, 8 WERE KILLED, 39 WOUNDED AND 226 CAPTURED. O ...
THIS MONUMENT IS ERECTED BY THE STATE OF IOWA IN COMMEMORATION OF THE LOYALTY, PATRIOTISM AND BRAVERY OF HER SONS WHO, ON THIS BATTLEFIELD OF SHILOH ON THE 6TH AND 7TH DAYS OF APRIL, A.D. 1862, FOUGHT TO PERPETUATE THE SACRED UNION OF THE STATES. IOWA H ...
THE IOWA 8TH WAS IN SWEENY'S BRIGADE ON THE LEFT OF TUTTLE'S IOWA BRIGADE. IT WAS DEFENDING A BATTERY AND SUFFERED HEAVY CASUALTIES. MOST OF THE REGIMENT WAS CAPTURED WHEN IT WAS SURROUNDED LATE IN THE AFTERNOON ON APRIL 6, 1862. OF ABOUT 600 ENGAGED IN ...
THE IOWA 7TH WAS IN A POSITION IN THE CENTER OF THE HORNETS NEST ON APRIL 6, 1862. IT HAD A TOTAL OF 34 CASUALTIES OUR OF 383 ENGAGED IN THE BATTLE.
SEE ALSO-6TH IOWA INFANTRY REGIMENT AT SHILOH MEMORIAL
