Alternate Designations: None.
Commander: Col. Silas Colgrove (1816-1907); Lt. Col. John R. Fesler (1835-1920).
Numbers: 339; 23 killed, 86 wounded, 1 missing.
Raised: Putnam, Daviess, Johnson, Lawrence, Monroe, Morgan, Jennings, and Dubois.
Dedicated October 28, 1885.
Location: Spangler Meadow, north of Colgrove Avenue. This monument marks the ground over which the left wing of the 27th Indiana advanced in a charge made by the regiment of July 3d 1863.
Description: Monument is installed in the area of the 27th Indiana Infantry’s advance on the morning of July 3, 1863. The monument sits on a natural boulder. Located near the Indiana State Memorial. The bronze plaque at the rear of the monument was a later addition.
Fox calls the 27th “a hard-fighting and reliable regiment.”
Other Monuments: Advanced Position
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