Shiloh in Hardin County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)

Powell's Battery

Battery F, 2nd Illinois Light Artillery - Unassigned

— Army of the Tennessee —

Battery F, 2nd Illinois Light Artillery Marker image. Click for full size.

Photographed by Allen Gathman, November 20, 2010

1. Battery F, 2nd Illinois Light Artillery Marker

Inscription. (front)
Illinois
Battery "F"
2nd Regiment Lt. Artillery
Unassigned
Army of the Tennessee
(back) Powell's Battery, "F"
Capt. J.W. Powell, wounded.
Reached this position about 10:00 a.m., April 6, 1862, and until 4 p.m. was in action on this line. Casualties in battle were 1 officer and 5 men wounded; 3 men missing; total, 9.

Erected by State of Illinois. (Marker Number M043.)

Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. A significant historical month for this entry is April 1862.

Location. 35° 8.172′ N, 88° 19.991′ W. Marker is in Shiloh, Tennessee, in Hardin County. It is on Hamburg-Savannah Road half a mile north of Hamburg-Purdy Road, on the left when traveling north. In northwest corner of Wicker Field. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Shiloh TN 38376, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this marker is in West Tennessee.

It is also in the American South

and specifically in the Upper South.

Globally, it is in North America,

the Western Hemisphere,

the Western World,

and the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once the territory of the Mississippian Culture,

one of the Confederate States of America,

and the Antebellum South.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: 6th Kentucky Infantry (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); 41st Ohio Infantry (about 300 feet away); Mendenhall's Battery (about 400 feet away); 9th Indiana Infantry (about 500 feet away); 11th Iowa Infantry (about 500 feet

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away); 13th Ohio Infantry (about 600 feet away); Ross' Battery (about 600 feet away); Richardson's Battery (about 600 feet away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Shiloh.

Photographed by Allen Gathman, November 20, 2010

2. Battery F, 2nd Illinois Light Artillery Marker

Photographed by Allen Gathman, November 20, 2010

3. Battery F, 2nd Illinois Light Artillery Marker

Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on November 23, 2010, by Allen Gathman of Pocahontas, Missouri. This page has been viewed 938 times since then and 17 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on November 23, 2010, by Allen Gathman of Pocahontas, Missouri. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.