IOWA
TO HER
7TH INFANTRY
TUTTLE’S (1ST) BRIGADE
W. H. L. WALLACE’S (2D) DIVISION
ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE
IOWA
7TH REGIMENT INFANTRY VOLUNTEERS
COMMANDED BY LT. COL. J. C. PARROTT
ON THE MORNING OF APRIL 6, 1862 THE REGIMENT, AS PART OF THE BRIGADE, FORMED IN LINE OF BATTLE ON THE LEFT OF THE 2ND IOWA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, ON A SUNKEN ROAD, THE CENTER OF THE REGIMENT BEING WHERE THIS MONUMENT STANDS. IT HELD ITS POSITION, REPELLING A NUMBER OF ATTACKS, UNTIL LATE IN THE AFTERNOON WHEN THE BRIGADE WAS ORDERED TO FALL BACK. IN THE RETREAT THE REGIMENT WAS SUBJECTED TO A SEVERE FIRE FROM BOTH SIDES. IT REFORMED IN A NEW LINE OF BATTLE ALONG A ROAD LEADING TO THE LANDING AND HELD THAT POSITION DURING THE NIGHT.
ON THE MORNING OF APRIL 7, THE REGIMENT WAS ASSIGNED TO THE RESERVE AND, UNDER ORDERS FROM GENERAL CRITTENDEN, CHARGED AND CAPTURED ONE OF THE ENEMY’S BATTERIES.
PRESENT FOR DUTY, INCLUDING OFFICERS, MUSICIANS, TEAMSTERS, ETC., 383.
ITS LOSS WAS, 1 OFFICER AND 9 MEN KILLED; 17 MEN WOUNDED; 7 MEN MISSING; TOTAL 34.
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