Battery A, 1st Illinois Artillery
W.H.L. Wallace's Division
(front of monument)
Illinois
Battery "A",
1st Regiment Lt. Artillery,
2nd Division--W. H. L. Wallace,
Army of the Tennessee.
(back of monument)
Willard's Battery, "A",
Commanded by
Lieut. P. P. Wood.
Went into action about 9.00 a.m., April 6, 1862, and vigorously engaged the enemy in this and other positions the immediate vicinity until 4 p.m. The battery lost in the battle 4 men killed; 1 officer, and 25 men wounded; total, 30.
Marker is on Hamburg-Savannah Road 0.2 miles north of Hamburg-Purdy Road, on the right when traveling north.
Courtesy hmdb.org
