Iowa State Monument
[Text on the Upper Front (South) Side of Monument]:
Iowa dedicates this monument
In honor of her sons
Who on this and other fields
Proved themselves worthy sons
of Patriotic Sires
[Text on the Lower Front (South) Side of Monument]:
You have made it a high privilege
to be
A citizen of Iowa
[Text on the Right (East) Side of Monument]:
This monument marks the position
carried by the 6th Iowa
in the assault of Corse's Brigade
the morning of Nov. 25, 1863.
Repeated charges were made later
on the enemy"s line north of the tunnel
The 5th, 10th, and 17th Iowa
were hotly engaged and lost heavily
on the immediate right.
[Text on the Back (North) Side of Monument]:
Iowa Losses on Sherman Heights.
November 25, 1863.
5th Infantry: Officers Killed, 0; En. Men Killed, 2; Officers Wounded, 2; En. Men Wounded, 20; Officers Missing, 8; En. Men Missing, 74; Total, 106
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6th Infantry: Officers Killed, 1; En. Men Killed, 7; Officers Wounded, 4; En. Men Wounded, 53; Officers Missing, 0; En. Men Missing, 0; Total, 65
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10th Infantry: Officers Killed, 2; En. Men Killed, 10; Officers Wounded, 6; En. Men Wounded, 36; Officers Missing, 1; En. Men Missing, 7; Total, 62
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17th Infantry: Officers Killed, 0; En. Men Killed, 12; Officers Wounded, 3; En. Men Wounded, 29; Officers Missing, 1; En. Men Missing, 13; Total, 58
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Total: Officers Killed, 3; En. Men Killed, 31; Officers Wounded, 15; En. Men Wounded, 138; Officers Missing, 10; En. Men Missing, 94; Total, 291
[Text on the Left (West) Side of Monument]:
5th Infantry, Col. Jabez Banbury
3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 17th Army Corps.
6th Infantry, Lieut. Col. A. J. Miller
2nd Brigade, 4th Division, 15th Army Corps.
10th Infantry, Lieut. Col. P. P. Henderson
3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 17th Army Corps.
17th Infantry, Col. Clark P. Wever
2nd Brigade, 2nd Division, 17th Army Corps.
Marker can be reached from North Crest Road north of Lightfoot Mill Road.
Courtesy hmdb.org
