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77TH PENNSYLVANIA INFANTRY WAR MEMORIAL

77TH PENNSYLVANIA INFANTRY WAR MEMORIAL
77TH PENNSYLVANIA INFANTRY WAR MEMORIAL Click here to enlarge

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Location: SHILOH NATIONAL MILITARY PARK

City: SHILOH

State: Tennessee

Zip Code: 38736

Type of Memorial: Statues War or Military Related

Access: Public

Wars Commemorated: CIVIL WAR

Photograph By: ALLEN GATHMAN

Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org

THE 77TH PENNSYLVANIA ARRIVED AT PITTSBURG LANDING AT 7AM, APRIL 7, 1862. IT WAS THE ONLY PENNSYLVANIA REGIMENT ON THE FIELD. IT IMMEDIATELY ENGAGED THE ENEMY. THIS REGIMENT PARTIALLY ISOLATED FROM THE DIVISION, MOVED STEADILY OVER AN OPEN FIELD UNDER A HEAVY FIRE; WHILE HERE THE ENEMY’S CAVALRY CHARGED IT TWICE, BUT WERE EACH TIME REPULSED WITH HEAVY LOSS. COLONEL STUMBAUGH HAD THE SATISFACTION OF RECEIVING THE SWORD OF COLONEL BATTLE OF THE 20TH TENNESSEE WHO SURRENDERED AS A PRISONER.


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