Battery E, 1st Illinois Light Artillery

Battery E, 1st Illinois Light Artillery (HMSNU)

Location: Michie, TN 38357 Hardin County
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Country: United States of America
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N 35° 7.929', W 88° 21.161'

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Sherman's Division

— Army of the Tennessee —

(front of monument)
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.

Two guns of this battery were advanced about 300 yards but soon fell back to this position where the whole battery went into action. This ground was held from 7.00 a.m. to 9.30 a.m., April 6, 1862, when the battery lost two guns and moved back about 100 yards. Its loss in the battle was 1 man killed; 3 officers and 14 men wounded; total, 18.
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HM NumberHMSNU
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Marker NumberM37
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Date Added Saturday, September 13th, 2014 at 1:58am PDT -07:00
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UTM (WGS84 Datum)16S E 376760 N 3888535
Decimal Degrees35.13215000, -88.35268333
Degrees and Decimal MinutesN 35° 7.929', W 88° 21.161'
Degrees, Minutes and Seconds35° 7' 55.74" N, 88° 21' 9.66" W
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Area Code(s)731
Closest Postal AddressAt or near 1520 Restricted Confederate Rd, Michie TN 38357, US
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