Description of Taylor's Battery Monument

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Title

Description of Taylor's Battery Monument

Description

Excerpt from Chicago Tribune with information on Taylor's Battery Monument.

Source

"At Rosehill," Chicago Tribune, May 31, 1869.

Date

May 31, 1869

Original Format

Newspaper

Text

Taylor’s Battery, that lies on the brow of the hill, the spot being marked by a heavy marble obelisk, bearing on its sides the names of the following battles, in which the battery participated: Frederickstown, Belmont, Donelson, Shiloh, Corinth, Chickasaw Bayou, Arkansas Post, Champion Hills, Vicksburg, Mission Ridge, Resaca, Dallas, Kenesaw Mountain, Atlanta.

Wreaths and flowers were hung around the obelisk, and each grave was decorated with crosses, wreaths, and flowers.