The Iowa Monuments At Shiloh National Military Park

Iowa State Memorial Monument

• Iowa State Memorial

THE REGIMENTAL MONUMENTS.

The eleven regimental monuments are uniform in size and design, differing only in the inscriptions. They, like the state monument, are built of Barre, Vermont, granite and United States standard bronze. A monument is erected to each Iowa regiment engaged in the battle and stands at the point where the regiment fought the longest and suffered its greatest loss. Upon a bronze tablet set in the granite is described the part taken by the regiment in the battle. The commission prepared the design for these monuments. The contract for their erection was let to P. N. Peterson Granite Company of St. Paul, Minnesota, for eighteen thousand and fifty-one dollars.  SOURCE: Alonzo Abernathy, Editor, Dedication of Monuments Erected By The State Of Iowa, p. 291

• 2nd Iowa Infantry
• 3rd Iowa Infantry
• 6th Iowa Infantry
• 7th Iowa Infantry
• 8th Iowa Infantry
• 11th Iowa Infantry
• 12th Iowa Infantry
• 13th Iowa Infantry
• 14th Iowa Infantry
• 15th Iowa Infantry
• 16th Iowa Infantry

HEADQUARTERS MONUMENTS.
Four Iowa colonels commanded three brigades during the Battle of Shiloh.

• Abraham M. Hare, 1st Brigade, 1st Division, Army of the Tennessee
• Succeeded by Marcellus M. Crocker.
• James M. Tuttle, 1st Brigade, 2nd Division, Army of the Tennessee
• John A. McDowell, 1st Brigade, 5th Division, Army of the Tennessee

Losses In The Iowa Regiments Engaged At Shiloh

Regiment	Killed	Wounded	Total Killed and Wounded	Captured and Missing	Total
Second	8	60	68	4	72
Third	23	134	157	30	187
Sixth	52	94	146	37	183
Seventh	10	17	27	6	33
Eighth	34	112	146	370	516
Eleventh	33	160	193	1	194
Twelfth	24	103	127	320	447
Thirteenth	20	139	159	3	162
Fourteenth	9	38	47	226	273
Fifteenth	21	156	177	8	185
Sixteenth	17	101	118	13	131

SOURCES: Samuel H. M. Byers, Iowa In War Times, p. 146

Weekly Report of the Mortality among Iowa Soldiers in Hospitals and Camps in the Vicinity of St. Louis, Mo., for the week ending March 8.

March 2 – Hiram Cronk, Co. F, 12th Infantry.

March 2 – George Penfield, Co. K, 12th Infantry.

March 2 – Charles F. Beck, Co. C, 2d Iowa Infantry.

March 2 – G. W. Lay, Co. F, 14th Infantry

March 4 – Chapin Duncan, Co. D, 2d Cavalry

March 7 – Jos. Jackson, Co. I, 14th Infantry

– Published in The Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye, Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, March 15, 1862, p. 2

Weekly Report of the Morality . . .

. . . among Iowa Soldiers in the Hospitals and Camps in the Vicinity of St. Louis, Mo.

Feb. 19, Andrew Vananfrink, Co. G, 3d Inf.

Feb. 23, James M. Potter, Co. E, 1st Cav.

Feb. 24, Alonzo Conaway, Co. I, 2nd Cav.

Feb. 25, Wm. Piersall, Co. H, 2nd Cav.

Feb. 27, Richard B. Truby, Co. K, 5th Inf.

Feb. 27, Samuel Shinnemann, Co. D, 12th Inf.

Feb. 27, Alphonzo Clark, Co. F, 12th Inf.

Feb. 28, Washington Bickford, Co. F, 3d Cav.

– Published in The Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye, Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, March 8, 1862, p. 2

Captain George W. Cook



Captain George W Cook
Co. C, 12th Iowa Infantry



CAIRO, Feb. 23d, 1862

C. DUNHAM – Sir:  We send you a list of the soldiers now at Mound City Hospital – Iowa troops, wounded at Fort Donelson.  Those marked * came up to Cairo on the steamer Hazel Dell, Saturday morning and leave here to-day by special train on furlough for home.  Up to this time no passes are granted up the Ohio where many of our wounded remain.  Gen. Pain, who is in command here, informed me that he had sent a man up to Paducah and Fort Donelson especially to make out a complete list of the wounded and mission which will be published soon.

Our loss in the battle is reported here as high as 500 killed and 1500 wounded and missing. – It is also reported by the wounded now here that none of Co. E, 2^nd Iowa were killed but two or three slightly wounded.

The Iowa troops are covered with glory.

PRATT. R. SKINNER, Jones Co.

CHAS S. CLARKE, Jefferson Co.

__________

List of troops wounded at Fort Donelson, now at Mound City

SECOND REGIMENT.
Eli Ramsay,	Corporal,	Co. A,	thigh,		slight.
Robert Hall,	Private,	“	leg,		severe.
Geo. D. Laylor,	“	“	jaw,		“
S. W. Evans,	“	“	leg,		“
*W. W. K. Harper,	“	“	hand,		“
J. J. Goodwin,	“	“	foot,		slight.
F. A. Stromson,	“	“	back,		“
*J. M. Batters,	“	“	arm,		“
*John Langler,	“	“	thigh,		“
Arthur Dranckee,	“	Co. B,	arm,		“
H. Drankee,	“	“	arm,		“
*G. W. Scott,	“	“	face,		“
E. Steometic,	“	“	leg,		“
*C. E. Dike,	“	“	shoulder,		“
Jno. P. Scott,	“	“	hip,		“
A. H. Clark,	“	“	leg,		“
E. M. Manny,	“	“	heel,		“
Jacob Bertschi,	“	“	arm,		“
*A. W. Scott,	“	“	leg,		“
Chas. Rasenberry,	“	“	shoulder,		“
J. H. Tracy,	“	“	thigh,		“
*S. Todd,	“	“	arm,		“
Wm H. Royster,	“	Co. C,	knee,		“
J. G. Gulalt,	“	“	groin,		“
W. P. Warde,	Corporal,	“	thigh,		“
W. H. McGill,	Private,	“	abdomen,		“
H. P. Doolittle,	Sergt. ,	“	“		“
______ Littler,	Captain,	“	head,		“
O. Slamaker,	Private,	“	head,		severe.
Wm. M. Campbell,	“	“			slight.
Chas. Flury,	“	“	arm,		“
*Geo A. Bell,	“	“	face,		“
*G. F. Hall,	“	“	arm,		“
*Wm. McChann,	“	“			“
Jos. Hunter,	“	“			“
G. A. Smith,	“	“	head,		“
Edgar F. Ensign,	“	Co. D,	groin,		“
Andrew Slatten,	“	“	leg,		severe.
J. M. Combs,	“	“	knee,		slight.
H. Sucarer,	“	“	head,		severe.
*W. H. Brenton,	“	“	hand,		slight.
*John Z. Williams,	“	“	arm,		“
Henry Laurence,	“	“	neck,		“
Robert Patrick,	“	“	neck,		severe.
Wm Ragan,	Corporal,	“	thigh,		severe.
John Wagel,	Private,	“			slight.
Pater Butler,	“	“	head,		“
F. G. Carr,	“	“			“
*Peter Duher,	“	“			“
Michael Page,	“	Co. E,	thigh,		“
*Sam’l Huffman,	“	Co. F,			“
*Chas. Cojer,	“	“	elbow,		severe.
*John S. Marriott,	“	“	arm,		slight.
Sam’l Hoffman,	Corporal,	“	leg,		“
J. S. Merritt,	Private,	“	shoulder,		severe.
J. H. Duffield,	“	“	thigh,		“
H. D. Duffeild,	“	“	hand,		slight
Alonzon Bradford,	“	“	leg,		“
Franklin B. Milson,	“	“	hand,		“
F. M. Armstrong,	“	“	hand,		severe.
Edwin Goddard,	“	“	arm,		“
George West,	“	Co. G,	knee,		“
James Steans,	“	“	shoulder,		slight.
James H. Stevens,	“	“	“		“
H. W. Pertle,	“	“	groin,		severe.
*E. B. Kinnick,	“	“	head,		serious.
G. Johnson,	“	“	back,		slight.
*H. S. Sloan,	“	“	thigh,		“
S. Foutz,	“	“	thigh,		amput’d.
Thos. Collier,	“	“	back,		slight.
John M. Jones,	“	“	abdomen,		dang.
_____ Kennedy,	“	“			severe.
John H. Patterson,	“	“	side,		slight.
S. L. Shipman,	“	Co. H,	hip,		severe.
*S. Schoffner,	“	“	hip,		“
Chas. L. Cojer,	“	“	arm,		“
A. M. Eustadn,	“	“	leg,		“
Dan’l McKeen,	“	Co. I,	knee,		“
R. Russell,	“	“	head,		slight.
R. A. Parsons,	“	“	thigh,		“
*Jerome Polley,	“	“			slight.
Alex S. Thompson,	“	“	knee,		severe.
S. S. Sherer,	corporal,	Co. K,	thigh,		serious.
*B. E. Hammitt,	sergt. ,	“	breast,		slight.
E. G. Vaughn,	private,	“	side,		“
Wm. H. Goodell,		“	breast,		severe.
Jos. W. West,	“	“	arm,		slight.
David Cook,	“	“	back,		“
*Thomas Gallaher,	“	“	arm,		“
SEVENTH REGIMENT
J. B. Barber,	Private,	Co. B,	arm,	slight.
Jacob Helmick,	“	Co. C,	knee,	severe.
Wkilson Elsie,	“	“		slight.
Hugh C. Allen,	“	Co. E,	thigh,	“
William E. Newton,	“	Co. G,	leg,	serious.
TWELFTH REGIMENT
Henry Fry,	Private,	Co. B,		slight.
Joseph Statz,	“	“	arm,	amput’d.
Wm B. Warren,	“	Co. C,	thigh,	slight.
Edwin Cralden,	Sergt.,	Co. D,	hip,	“
Thomas J. Wilson,	Private,	Co. I,	hip,	dangerous.
FOURTEENTH REGIMENT
C. H. Coddington,	sergt	Co. F	arm,	amput’d.
E. A. Edgar,	Private	“	hand,	slight.

– Published in The Burlington Weekly Hawk-Eye, Burlington, Iowa, Saturday, March 1, 1862, p. 2