53rd Ohio Infantry

<center><i>(front of monument)</i><br> Ohio<br> 53d Infantry<br> Commanded by<br> Col. J. J. Appler<br> Lt. Col. Robt. A. Fulton<br> Hildebrand's (3d) Brigade<br> Sherman's (5th) Division<br> Army of the Tennessee<br> <br> <i>(back of monument)</i><br> <br></center> This regiment formed here at 8 a.m., April 6, 1862, but soon fell back across the ravine in the rear. Its loss was 9 men killed; 1 officer and 32 men wounded; 2 men missing; total, 44.