Shiloh, 1862 (53 page)

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Authors: Winston Groom

Wright, Henry H.
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The Battle of Shiloh and the Organizations Engaged

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)

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