Near Shiloh in Hardin County, Tennessee — The American South (East South Central)
Battery E, 1st Illinois Light Artillery
Sherman's Division
— Army of the Tennessee —
Illinois
Battery "E",
1st Regiment Lt. Artillery,
5th Division--Sherman,
Army of the Tennessee.
(back of monument)
Waterhouse's Battery, "E".
Commanded by
1. Capt. A. C. Waterhouse, Wounded.
2. Lieut. A. E. Abbott, Wounded.
3. Lieut. John A. Fitch.
Topics. This historical marker is listed in this topic list: War, US Civil. A significant historical month for this entry is April 1932.
Location. 35° 7.929′ N, 88° 21.161′ W. Marker is near Shiloh, Tennessee, in Hardin County. Marker can be reached from Peabody Road, ¼ mile east of Corinth Road, on the left when traveling east. 250 yards north of road, across Shiloh Creek and up the hill. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Shiloh TN 38376, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. Camp of Waterhouse's Battery (within shouting distance of this marker); 13th Tennessee Infantry (within shouting distance of this marker); Camp of 77th Ohio Infantry (about 600 feet away, measured in a direct line); 17th Illinois Infantry (about 700 feet away); The Bloody Sixth (about 700 feet away); Shiloh School (about 800 feet away); Mississippi Monument (approx. 0.2 miles away); Waterhouse's Battery (approx. 0.2 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Shiloh.
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