8th Iowa Infantry Monument: Shiloh National Military Park

IOWA
IN MEMORY OF HER
8TH INFANTRY
SWEENY’S (3D) BRIGADE
W. H. L. WALLACE’S (2D) DIVISION
ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE



IOWA

8TH REGIMENT INFANTRY VOLUNTEERS
COMMANDED BY COL. J. 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.


See Also:

• Dedication Exercises of the Eighth Iowa Regimental Monument
• The Iowa Monuments At Shiloh National Military Park
• Official Report of Col. James L. Geddes
• Iowa Colonels and Regiments: James Loraine Geddes