Iowa Memorial

<i>(front):</i><center>This monument is erected<br>by the state of Iowa<br>in commemoration<br>of the loyalty patriotism<br>and bravery of her sons<br>who on this battlefield<br>of Shiloh<br>on the 6th and 7th days of April<br>A.D. MDCCCLXII<br>fought to perpetuate<br>the sacred union<br>of the states<br><br>Iowa</center><br><i>(back):</i><center>Regiments Engaged</center><br> 2d Infantry Lt. Col. James Baker<br> 3d Infantry Maj. W.M. Stone<br> 6th Infantry Lt. Col. J.W. Williams<br> 7th Infantry Lt. Col. J.C. Parrott<br> 8th Infantry Col. J.L. Geddes<br> 11th Infantry Lt. Col. William Hall<br> 12th Infantry Col. J.J. Woods<br> 13th Infantry Col. M.M. Crocker<br> 14th Infantry Col. W.T. Shaw<br> 15th Infantry Col. H.T. Reid<br> 16th Infaantry Col. Alex Chalmers<br> <center>Iowa Solders Commanding Brigade</center><br> 1st Brig. - 1st Div., Col. A. M. Hare, 11th Iowa, (Wounded)<br>Col. M. M. Crocker, 13th Iowa<br><br>1st Brig.- 2d Div., Col. J. M. Tuttle, 2d Iowa<br><br>1st Brig. - 4th Div., Col. N. G. Williams, 3d Iowa, (Wounded)<br><br>3d Brig. - 4th Div., Brig. Gen. J. G. Lauman.<br><br>1st BRIG. - 5th DIV., Col. J. A. McDowell, 6th Iowa. <br><br><i>(Right):</i><center>The world<br>will little note<br>for long remember<br>what we say here<br>but it can never forget<br>what they did here.</center><br><i>(left):</i><i><center>Brave of the brave, the twice five thousand men<br>Who all that day stood in the battle's shock<br>Fame holds them dear, and with immortal pen<br>Inscribes their names on the enduring rock.</i></center>