118th Illinois Infantry

118th Illinois Regimental Monument

NPS / P. Winfrey

Monument located on Union Avenue 250 yards south of the Iowa Memorial, just north of the Old Reunion Grounds. Also a marker designating the assault of 22 May 1863, located on Union Avenue just past Park Tour Stop #15. This unit was attached to Brig. Gen. Albert L. Lee (wounded 19 May 1863) & Col. James Keigwin's 1st Brigade of Brig. Gen. Peter J. Osterhaus' 9th Division, Maj. Gen'ls John A. McClernand (relieved of command 19 June 1863) & Edward O.C. Ord's XIII Army Corps and commanded by Col. John G. Fonda.

 

Monument Inscription (Alt-Text)

118TH INFANTRY
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COL. JOHN G. FONDA.
1st Brig., 9th Div., 13th Corps.
CASUALTIES;
Port Gibson, May 1, 1863,
Killed 1, Wounded 16, Total 17;
Champion's Hill, May 16, Killed 2,
Wounded 3, Total 5,
Capt. Alexander W. Geddes and Lieut.
Thomas B. White Killed; Assault, May 19,
Wounded 8; Skirmish, May 20,
Killed 1, Assault, May 22, Killed 2,
Wounded 3, Total 5;
During Siege, Wounded 3,
Aggregate, Killed 6, Wounded 33,
Total 39.
Ordered to Big Black River Bridge,
May 23

ILLINOIS

 

Unit position marker

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