Skip to main content

IOWA MONUMENT AT SHILOH

IOWA MONUMENT AT SHILOH
IOWA MONUMENT AT SHILOH Click here to enlarge

Click on image to zoom

Listing Details

Report

Location: SHILOH NATIONAL BATTLEFIELD

City: SHILOH

State: Tennessee

Zip Code: 38376

Type of Memorial: Obelisks War Monument

Year Dedicated: 1906

Access: Public

Wars Commemorated: CIVIL WAR

Submitted By: IOWACIVILWARMONUMENTS.COM

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 HAD 11 REGIMENTS IN THE BATTLE OF SHILOH ON APRIL 6-7, 1862. THERE WERE 6664 IOWA SOLDIERS ENGAGED IN THE BATTLE. THE TOTAL NUMBER OF IOWA CASUALTIES WAS 2409 INCLUDING KILLED, WOUNDED AND MISSING. THIS WAS THE GREATEST LOSS OF IOWANS IN ANY BATTLE IN ANY WAR.


Support The Memorial Day Foundation's mission to protect, preserve, honor and remember our nation's war memorials

Donate Here

There are 70553 total listings in our War Memorial Registry