8TH IOWA INFANTRY REGIMENT AT SHILOH MEMORIAL
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 BATTLE, IT HAD 58 KILLED OR MORTALLY WOUNDED, 95 OTHERS WOUNDED AND 340 CAPTURED.
Listing Details
- Public
- CIVIL WAR
- Cannon War Memorials with Plaques
- 1906
- SHILOH NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD
- 38376
- IOWACIVILWARMONUMENTS.COM
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