General Sturgis' Supreme Effort
To Hold
The Crossroads
Placing th 93rd Illinois,
8th Illinois and 114th
Illinois Infantry here and
immediately behind, he
placed his artillery
consisting of Battery B
of 2nd Illinois; 7th Wisconsin
Battery; 14th Indiana Battery;
Battery E of 1st Illinois and
Joyce's Battery. Orders were
given to fire over heads of
infantry into advancing
Confederates.
Marker is on MS Hwy 370, on the right when traveling west.
Courtesy hmdb.org
