(front):
This monument is erected
by the state of Iowa
in commemoration
of the loyalty patriotism
and bravery of her sons
who on this battlefield
of Shiloh
on the 6th and 7th days of April
A.D. MDCCCLXII
fought to perpetuate
the sacred union
of the states
Iowa
(back):Regiments Engaged
2d Infantry Lt. Col. James Baker
3d Infantry Maj. W.M. Stone
6th Infantry Lt. Col. J.W. Williams
7th Infantry Lt. Col. J.C. Parrott
8th Infantry Col. J.L. Geddes
11th Infantry Lt. Col. William Hall
12th Infantry Col. J.J. Woods
13th Infantry Col. M.M. Crocker
14th Infantry Col. W.T. Shaw
15th Infantry Col. H.T. Reid
16th Infaantry Col. Alex Chalmers
Iowa Solders Commanding Brigade
1st Brig. - 1st Div., Col. A. M. Hare, 11th Iowa, (Wounded)
Col. M. M. Crocker, 13th Iowa
1st Brig.- 2d Div., Col. J. M. Tuttle, 2d Iowa
1st Brig. - 4th Div., Col. N. G. Williams, 3d Iowa, (Wounded)
3d Brig. - 4th Div., Brig. Gen. J. G. Lauman.
1st BRIG. - 5th DIV., Col. J. A. McDowell, 6th Iowa.
(Right):The world
will little note
for long remember
what we say here
but it can never forget
what they did here.
(left):Brave of the brave, the twice five thousand men
Who all that day stood in the battle's shock
Fame holds them dear, and with immortal pen
Inscribes their names on the enduring rock.
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