8th Iowa Infantry
Sweeny's Brigade - W.H.L. Wallace's Division
(front):Iowa
In memory of her
8th Infantry,
Sweeny's (3d) Brigade,
W.H.L. Wallace's (2d) Division,
Army of the Tennessee
(back):
Iowa
8th Regiment Infantry Volunteers,
Commanded by Col. James L. Geddes.
The regiment held this position from about 11 a.m., April 6, 1862, until about 4 p.m., when it changed front to the left and held this second position until about 5 p.m. When nearly surrounded it attempted to retreat but finding all avenues of escape cut off, surrendered about 6 p.m. The regiment entered the engagement with an aggregate of about 600 men. Its loss was, killed, 40; wounded, (18 mortally) 113; missing, 340; total, 493.
Marker is on Sunken Road 0.1 miles east of Eastern Corinth Road, on the left when traveling east.
Courtesy hmdb.org
