6th Iowa Infantry Momenment: Shiloh National Military Park

IOWA
TO HER
6TH INFANTRY
MCDOWELL’S 1ST BRIGADE
SHERMAN’S (5TH) DIVISION
ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE

IOWA
6TH REGIMENT INFANTRY VOLUNTEERS
COMMANDED BY CAPT. JOHN WILLIAMS, (WOUNDED)
CAPT. MADISON M. WALDEN

THIS REGIMENT HELD A POSITION NEAR ITS CAMP ON THE PURDY ROAD, THE EXTREME RIGHT OF THE ARMY, UNTIL 10 A.M. APRIL 6, 1862. THEN IT MOVED TO THE LEFT AND REAR, AND WAS ENGAGED IN THIS VICINITY, AGAINST A STRONG FORCE OF THE ENEMY’S INFANTRY AND ARTILLERY FOR FOUR HOURS; - ITS LAST POSITION BEING IN JONES FIELD FROM WHICH IT WAS ORDERED TO RETIRE ABOUT 2:30 P.M. IT THEN FELL BACK TO THE SUPPORT OF WEBSTER’S LINE OF ARTILLERY, WHERE IT WAS ENGAGED WHEN THE BATTLE CLOSED AT SUNDOWN

IN DETACHMENTS COMMANDED BY COMPANY OFFICERS, THE REGIMENT PARTICIPATED IN THE MOVEMENTS OF THE ARMY THROUGHOUT THE 7TH.

PRESENT FOR DUTY, OFFICERS, 27; MEN, 605; TOTAL 632
ITS LOSS WAS, KILLED 52; WOUNDED 100; CAPTURED 37; TOTAL 189

BURIAL PLACE
6TH IOWA INFANTRY
37 BODIES REMOVED
TO
NATIONAL CEMETERY

See Also:

• Dedication Exercises at the Sixth Iowa Regimental Monument
• The Iowa Monuments at Shiloh National Military Park
• Official Report of Capt. John Williams