ILLINOIS WAR MEMORIAL AT SHILOH
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Listing Details
Type of Memorial: Statues War or Military Related
Access: Public
Wars Commemorated: CIVIL WAR
Photograph By: ALLEN GATHMAN
Submitted By: COURTESY OF HMdb.org
Comments: 38376
ILLINOIS ERECTS THIS MONUMENT TO COMMEMORATE HER SONS WHO GAVE THEIR SERVICE TO PERPETUATE THE HONOR AND GLORY OF THE UNITED STATES.
ILLINOIS HAD IN THIS BATTLE 27 REGIMENTS OF INFANTRY, 10 BATTERIES OF ARTILLERY AND 6 DETACHMENTS OF CAVALRY. HER LOSS IN KILLED AND WOUNDED WAS 3957. IN MISSING 410.
“THE WORLD WILL LITTLE NOTE NOR LONG REMEMBER WHAT WE SAY HERE. BUT IT CAN NEVER FORGET WHAT THEY DID HERE.”
SEE ALSO-ILLINOIS WAR MEMORIAL AT SHILOH BAS-RELIEF
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