8th Illinois Infantry Monument: Duncan Field, Shiloh National Military Park

ILLINOIS

8^TH INFANTRY

1^ST BRIGADE – HARE

1^ST DIVISION – McCLERNAND

ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE

8TH INFANTRY

COMMANDED BY

1.  CAPT. J. M. ASHMORE, WOUNDED

2.  CAPT. W. H. HARVEY, KILLED

3.  CAPT. R. H. STURGESS

This line was held from 9:30 A.M. until 11:00 A.M., April 6, 1862, when the regiment was forced back to a position behind the Duncan Field.  It lost in the battle, 1 officer and 29 men killed; 1 officer and 90 men wounded; 3 men missing; total 124.