Michigan State Memorial - Shiloh National Military Park
N 35° 08.611 W 088° 19.968
16S E 378588 N 3889771
The Michigan State Monument is located near the intersection of Cavalry Road and Corinth-Pittsburg Landing Road in the Shiloh National Military Park.
Waymark Code: WMPTV
Location: Tennessee, United States
Date Posted: 09/07/2006
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In 1918, the State of Michigan erected this memorial to her three regiments of infantry and one battery of artillery which participated in the battle. The crowning figure on the monument faces toward Corinth, Miss., the objective point of the campaign. (Source: National Park Service)
The inscription on the plaque affixed to the monument reads:
MICHIGAN
E Pluribus Unum Tuebar Siquaris Peninsulam Amoenam
Circumspice.
THIS MONUMENT
is erected and dedicated by
THE PEOPLE OF MICHIGAN to the memory of HER SOLDIERS
who fought and fell in THE BATTLE OF SHILOH. The 12th MICHIGAN INFANTRY met the first Confederate line in the early morning of April 6, 1862, and helped to resist its sudden advance. 27 killed, 54 wounded, 109 missing - total, 190 men. The 15th MICHIGAN INFANTRY, unassigned, although not supplied with ammunition, moved to the front as the battle opened, endeavoring to meet the Confederates with bayonets, but was forced to return to the Landing for ammunition, after which it "fought with conspicuous gallantry" until the close of the battle. Losing 23 killed, 74 wounded, 5 missing - total, 102 men. ROSS' BATTERY B, MICHIGAN LIGHT ARTILLERY was conspicuous in the desperate struggles of the first day in the "Peach Orchard" and near the "Bloody Pond", fighting until ordered to retire. While preparing to execute this order, it was changed and captured by Confederate cavalry within a few feet of this monument, losing four of its six guns. Losses: 5 wounded, 56 missing - total, 102 men. More enduring than this granite will be the gratitude of Michigan to her soldiers of Shiloh.
Date Installed or Dedicated: 04/06/1912
Name of Government Entity or Private Organization that built the monument: The State of Michigan
Union, Confederate or Other Monument: Union
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