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

9th Illinois Infantry

McArthur's Brigade - W.H.L. Wallace's Division

— Army of the Tennessee —

 
 
9th Illinois Infantry Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Allen Gathman, November 20, 2010
1. 9th Illinois Infantry Marker
Inscription.
U.S.
9th Illinois Infantry,
McArthur's (2d) Brig., W.H.L.Wallace's (2d) Div.,
Army of the Tennessee.

At about 4.30 P.M. April 6, 1862, the 9th Illinois was engaged here assisting in repelling attack by Pond's Brigade.
 
Erected by Shiloh National Military Park Commission. (Marker Number 73.)
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. A significant historical month for this entry is April 1938.
 
Location. 35° 8.988′ N, 88° 20.1′ W. Marker is near Shiloh, Tennessee, in Hardin County. It is on Hamburg-Savannah Road 0.4 miles south of State Highway 22, on the right when traveling south. This section of Hamburg-Savannah Road is an unpaved pedestrian route, in Shiloh National Military Park. 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
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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: Marsh's Brigade (about 300 feet away, measured in a direct line); Hickenlooper's Battery (about 300 feet away); 13th Missouri Infantry (about 700 feet away); 43rd Illinois Infantry (approx. 0.2 miles away); Veatch (approx. 0.2 miles away); 14th Illinois - 25th Indiana (approx. 0.2 miles away); 46th Illinois Infantry (approx. 0.2 miles away); U.S. Camp of Willard's Battery, (approx. Ό mile away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Shiloh.
 
9th Illinois Infantry Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed by Allen Gathman, November 20, 2010
2. 9th Illinois Infantry Marker
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. It was originally submitted on December 18, 2010, by Allen Gathman of Pocahontas, Missouri. This page has been viewed 692 times since then and 16 times this year. Photos:   1, 2. submitted on December 18, 2010, by Allen Gathman of Pocahontas, Missouri. • Craig Swain was the editor who published this page.
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Jul. 10, 2026