12th Illinois Infantry
McArthur's Brigade - W.H.L. Wallace's Division
(front of monument)
Illinois
12th Infantry,
2d Brigade--McArthur,
2d Division--W. H. L. Wallace,
Army of the Tennessee.
(back of monument)
12th Infantry,
Commanded by
1. Lieut. Col. A. L. Chetlain.
2. Capt. J. R. Hugunin.
Held this line and one in the ravine about 75 yards to the front from 10.30 a.m. until 2.00 p.m., April 6, 1862, when the regiment was forced to take a new position about 400 yards to the rear. It lost in the battle, 2 officers and 20 men killed; 5 officers and 71 men wounded; 1 officer and 3 men missing; total, 102.
Marker can be reached from Hamburg-Savannah Road 0.2 miles north of Hamburg-Purdy Road, on the right when traveling north.
Courtesy hmdb.org
