(3-97) Across Jackson Road from the Shirley House. Site Marker: U.S. Battery D, 1st Illinois Light Artillery; 3d Div.; 17th Corps; Army of the Tennessee. Capt. Henry A. Rogers; Lieut. George J. Wood; Capt. Frederick Sparrestrom. The battery served four 24-pounder howitzers in this position, White House Battery on both sides of the Jackson Road, from about May 26 to June 6; Capt. Henry A. Rogers killed on duty about May 29. One section was ordered to an advanced battery, June 6; The other section served its howitzers in this position to the end of the siege, July 4, 1863. The battery fired 5200 rounds of ammunition during the siege