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. New York: Harper and Bros., 1987. Originally published 1899.
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ORGANIZATION OF THE UNION ARMY AT THE BATTLE OF SHILOH, TENNESSEE, APRIL 6-7, 1862
ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE
Maj. Gen. U. S. GRANT, Commanding
FIRST DIVISION
Maj. Gen. JOHN A. McCLERNAND
First Brigade
Col. ABRAHAM M. HARE (wounded), 11th Iowa
Col. MARCELLUS M. CROCKER, 13th Iowa
8th Illinois:
Capt. James M. Ashmore (wounded)
Capt. William H. Harvey (killed)
Capt. Robert H. Sturgess
18th Illinois:
Maj. Samuel Eaton (wounded)
Capt. Daniel H. Brush (wounded)
Capt. William J. Dillion (killed)
Capt. Jabez J. Anderson
11th Iowa:
Lieut. Col. William Hall (wounded)
13th Iowa:
Col. Marcellus M. Crocker
Second Brigade
Col. C. CARROLL MARSH, 20th Illinois
11th Illinois:
Lieut. Col. Thomas E. G. Ransom (wounded)
Maj. Garrett Nevins (wounded)
Capt. Lloyd D. Waddell
Maj. Garrett Nevins
20th Illinois:
Lieut. Col. Evan Richards (wounded)
Capt. Orton Frisbie
45th Illinois:
Col. John E. Smith
48th Illinois:
Col. Isham N. Hayniea
Maj. Manning Mayfield
Third Brigade
Col. JULIUS RAITH (mortally wounded), 43d Illinois
Lieut. Col. ENOS P. WOOD, 17th Illinois
17th Illinois:
Lieut. Col. Enos P. Wood
Maj. Francis M. Smith
29th Illinois:
Lieut. Col. Charles M. Ferrell
43d Illinois:
Lieut. Col. Adolph Endelmann
49th Illinois:
Lieut. Col. Phineas Pease (wounded)
Unattached
Dresser’s Battery (D), 2d Illinois Light Artillery, Capt. James P. Timony
McAllister’s Battery (D), 1st Illinois Light Artillery, Capt. Edward McAllister (wounded)
Schwartz’s Battery (E), 2d Illinois Light Artillery, Lieut. George L. Nispel
Burrows’ Battery, 14th Ohio Light Artillery, Capt. Jerome B. Burrows (wounded)
1st Battalion, 4th Illinois Light Cavalry, Lieut. Col. William McCullough
Carmichael’s Company Illinois Cavalry, Capt. Eagleton Carmichael
Stewart’s Company Illinois Cavalry, Lieut. Ezra King
SECOND DIVISION
Brig. Gen. WILLIAM H. L. WALLACE
(mortally wounded)
Col. JAMES M. TUTTLE, 2d Iowa
First Brigade
Col. JAMES M. TUTTLE
2d Iowa:
Lt. Col. James Baker
7th Iowa:
Lt. Col. James C. Parrott
12th Iowa:
Col. Joseph J. Woods (wounded and captured)
Capt. Samuel R. Edgington (captured)
14th Iowa:
Col. Wm. T. Shaw (captured)
Second Brigade
Brig. Gen. JOHN McARTHUR (wounded)
Col. THOMAS MORTON, 81st Ohio
9th Illinois:
Col. August Mersy
12th Illinois:
Lieut. Col. Augustus L. Chetlain
Capt. James R. Hugunin
13th Missouri:
Col. Crafts J. Wright
14th Missouri:
Col. B. S. Compton
81st Ohio:
Col. Thomas Morton
Third Brigade
Col. THOMAS W. SWEENY (wounded), 52D Illinois
Col. SILAS D. BALDWIN, 57th Illinois
8th Iowa:
Col. James L. Geddes (wounded and captured)
7th Illinois:
Maj. Richard Rowett
50th Illinois:
Col. Moses M. Bane (wounded)
52d Illinois:
Maj. Henry Stark
Capt. Edwin A. Bowen
57th Illinois:
Col. Silas D. Baldwin
Capt. Gustav A. Busse
58th Illinois:
Col. Wm. F. Lynch (captured)
Artillery
Willard’s Battery (A), 1st Illinois Light Artillery, Lieut. Peter P. Wood
Maj. J. S. Cavender’s Battalion Missouri Artillery:
Richardson’s Battery (D), 1st Missouri Light Artillery, Capt. Henry Richardson
Welker’s Battery (H), 1st Missouri Light Artillery, Capt. Frederick Welker
Stone’s Battery (K), 1st Missouri Light Artillery, Capt. George H. Stone
Cavalry
Company A, 2d Illinois Cavalry, Capt. John R. Hotaling
Company B, 2d Illinois Cavalry, Capt. Thomas J. Larison
Company C, 2d United States Cavalry, Lieut. James Powell
Company I, 4th United States Cavalry, Lieut. James Powell
THIRD DIVISION
Maj. Gen. LEW WALLACE
First Brigade
Col. MORGAN L. SMITH, 8th Missouri
11th Indiana:
Col. George F. McGinnis
24th Indiana:
Col. Alvin P. Hovey
8th Missouri:
Lieut. Col. James Peckham
Second Brigade
Col. JOHN M. THAYER, 1st Nebraska
23d Indiana:
Col. William L. Sanderson
1st Nebraska:
Lieut. Col. William D. McCord
58th Ohio:
Col. Valentine Bausenwein
68th Ohio:
(not engaged at Shiloh; remained at Crump’s Landing)
Col. Samuel H. Steadman
Third Brigade
Col. CHARLES WHITTLESEY, 20th Ohio
20th Ohio:
Lieut. Col. Manning F. Force
56th Ohio:
(not engaged at Shiloh; remained at Crump’s Landing)
Col. Peter Kinney
76th Ohio:
Col. Charles R. Woods
78th Ohio:
Col. Mortimer D. Leggett
Artillery
Thompson’s Battery, 9th Indiana Light Artillery, Lieut. George R. Brown
Buel’s Battery (I), 1st Missouri Light Artillery, Lieut. Charles H. Thurber
Cavalry
3d Battalion, 11th Illinois Cavalry, Maj. James F. Johnson
(not engaged at Shiloh; remained at Crump’s Landing)
3d Battalion, 5th Ohio Cavalry, Maj. Charles S. Hayes
(not engaged at Shiloh; remained at Crump’s Landing)
FOURTH DIVISION
Brig. Gen. STEPHEN A. HURLBUT
First Brigade
Col. NELSON G. WILLIAMS (wounded), 3d Iowa
Col. ISAAC C. PUGH, 41st Illinois
28th Illinois:
Col. Amory K. Johnson
32d Illinois:
Col. John Logan (wounded)
41st Illinois:
Col. Isaac C. Pugh
Lieut. Col. Ansel Tupper (killed)
Maj. John Warner
Capt. John H. Nale
3d Iowa:
Maj. William M. Stone (captured)
Lieut. George W. Crosley
Second Brigade
Col. JAMES C. VEATCH, 25th Indiana
14th Illinois:
Col. Cyrus Hall
15th Illinois:
Lieut. Col. Edward F. W. Ellis (killed)
Capt. Louis D. Kelley
Lieut. Col. William Cam, 14th Illinois
46th Illinois:
Col. John A. Davis (wounded)
Lieut. Col. John J. Jones
25th Indiana:
Lieut. Col. William H. Morgan (wounded)
Maj. John W. Foster
Third Brigade
Brig. Gen. JACOB G. LAUMAN
31st Indiana:
Col. Charles Cruft (wounded)
Lieut. Col. John Osborn
44th Indiana:
Col. Hugh B. Reed
17th Kentucky:
Col. John H. McHenry, Jr.
25th Kentucky:
Lieut. Col. Benjamin H. Bristow
Maj. William B. Wall (wounded)
Capt. B. T. Underwood
Col. John H. McHenry, Jr., 17th Kentucky
Artillery
Ross’s Battery, 2d Michigan Light Artillery, Lieut. Cuthbert W. Laing
Mann’s Battery (C), 1st Missouri Light Artillery, Lieut. Edward Brotzmann
Myers’s Battery, 13th Ohio Light Artillery, Capt. John B. Myers
Cavalry
1st and 2d Battalions 5th Ohio Cavalry, Col. William H. H. Taylor
FIFTH DIVISION
Brig. Gen. WILLIAM T. SHERMAN (wounded)
First Brigade
Col. JOHN A. McDOWELL (disabled), 6th Iowa
40th Illinois:
Col. Stephan G. Hicks (wounded)
Lieut. Col. James W. Boothe
6th Iowa:
Capt. John Williams (wounded)
Capt. Madison M. Walden
46th Ohio:
Col. Thomas Worthington
Second Brigade
Col. DAVID STUART (wounded), 55th Illinois
Lieut. Col. OSCAR MALMBORG, 55th Illinois
Col. T. KILBY SMITH, 54th Ohio
55th Illinois:
Lieut. Col. Oscar Malmborg
54th Ohio:
Col. T. Kilby Smith
Lieut. Col. James A. Farden
71st Ohio:
Col. Rodney Mason
Third Brigade
Col. JESSE HILDEBRAND, 77th Ohio
53d Ohio:
Col. Jesse J. Appler
Lieut. Col. Robert A. Fulton
57th Ohio:
Lieut. Col. Americus V. Rice
77th Ohio:
Lieut. Col. Willis De Hass
Maj. Benjamin D. Fearing
Fourth Brigade
Col. RALPH P. BUCKLAND, 72d Ohio
48th Ohio:
Col. Peter J. Sullivan (wounded)
Lieut. Col. Job R. Parker
70th Ohio:
Col. Joseph R. Cockerill
72d Ohio:
Lieut. Col. Herman Canfield (killed)
Col. Ralph P. Buckland
Artillery
Maj. EZRA TAYLOR, Chief of Artillery
Taylor’s Battery (B), 1st Illinois Light Artillery, Capt. Samuel E. Barrett
Waterhouse’s Battery (E), 1st Illinois Light Artillery:
Capt. Allen C. Waterhouse (wounded)
Lieut. Abial R Abbott (wounded)
Lieut. John A. Fitch
Morton Battery, 6th Indiana Light Artillery, Capt. Frederick Behr (killed)
Cavalry
2d and 3d Battalions 4th Illinois Cavalry, Col. T. Lyle Dickey
Thielemann’s two companies Illinois Cavalry, Capt. Christian Thielemann
SIXTH DIVISION
Brig. Gen. BENJAMIN M. PRENTISS (captured)
First Brigade
Col. EVERETT PEABODY (killed), 25th Missouri
12th Michigan:
Col. Francis Quinn
21st Missouri:
Col. David Moore (wounded)
Lieut. Col. H. M. Woodyard
25th Missouri:
Lieut. Col. Robert T. Van Horn
16th Wisconsin:
Col. Benjamin Allen (wounded)
Second Brigade
Col. MADISON MILLER (captured), 18th Missouri
61st Illinois:
Col. Jacob Fry
18th Missouri:
Lieut. Col. Isaac V. Pratt (captured)
18th Wisconsin:
Col. James S. Alban (killed)
Not Brigaded
16th Iowa:
(15th and 16th Iowa were on right in an independent command)
Col. Alexander Chambers (wounded)
Lieut. Col. Addison H. Sanders
15th Iowa:
(15th and 16th Iowa were on right in an independent command)
Col. Hugh T. Reid (wounded)
23d Missouri:
(arrived on field about 9 o’clock April 6)
Col. Jacob T. Tindall (killed)
Lieut. Col. Quin Morton (captured)
Artillery
Hickenlooper’s Battery, 5th Ohio Light Artillery, Capt. Andrew Hickenlooper
Munch’s Battery, 1st Minnesota Light Artillery, Capt. Emil Munch (wounded)