12th Illinois Infantry

<center><i>(front of monument)</i><br> Illinois<br> 12th Infantry,<br> 2d Brigade--McArthur,<br> 2d Division--W. H. L. Wallace,<br> Army of the Tennessee.<br> <i>(back of monument)</i><br> 12th Infantry,<br> Commanded by<br> 1. Lieut. Col. A. L. Chetlain.<br> 2. Capt. J. R. Hugunin.<br> </center><br> Held this line and one in the ravine about 75 yards to the front from 10.30 a.m. until 2.00 p.m., April 6, 1862, when the regiment was forced to take a new position about 400 yards to the rear. It lost in the battle, 2 officers and 20 men killed; 5 officers and 71 men wounded; 1 officer and 3 men missing; total, 102.