Erected by: State of Illinois Dedicated: June 27, 1914 Approximate Size: Base - 14'x14'x14'x14' Top - 12'x12'x12'x12' Height - 25' Material of Construction: White Granite
Inscriptions located on the Illinois Mounument: North side of Monument: "ERECTED TO THE MEMORY OF THE ILLINOIS SOLDIERS WHO DIED ON THE BATTLEFILED OF KENNESAW MOUNTAIN, GEORGIA JUNE 27, 1864 ON THIS FIELD THE MEN OF COL. DAN McCOOK'S 3RD BRIGADE, 2ND DIV. 14TH ARMY CORPS ASSAULTED THE CONFEDERATE WORK ON THE 27TH DAY OF JUNE, 1864, LOSING FOUR HUNDRED AND EIGHTY KILLED AND WOUNDED, INCLUDING TWO COMMANDERS, COL. DAN McCOOK MORTALLY WOUNDED AND COL. O. F. HARMON KILLED; BRIGADE REACHED CONFEDERATE WORKS AND AT LESS THAN ONE HUNDRED FEET FROM THEM MAINTAINED A LINE FOR SIX DAYS AND NIGHTS WITH- OUT RELIEF, AT THE END OF WHICH THE CONFEDEATES EVACUATED." Bottom Right of the North side: EDWARD F. DUNE - GOVERNOR JAMES B. DIBELKA - ARCHITECT J. MARIO KORBEL - SCULPTOR L. J. DAWDY W. A. PAYTON COMMISIONERS H. A. REASON THE McNEEL MARBLE CO. CONTRACTORS
East Side of Monument: 85TH ILL. VOLUNTEER INFTY. COMMANDED BY COL. C. J. DILWORTH 86TH ILL. VOLUNTEER INFTY. COMMANDED BY LT. COL. A.L. FANHESTOCK West of Monument: 125TH ILL. VOLUNTEER INFTY. COMMANDED BY COL. O.F. HARMON. BATTERY I, 2ND ILL. LIGHT ARTILLERY. COMMANDED BY LT. ALONZO F. COE.
Most photographs come from National Park Service: Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park.