Battle of Shiloh, Tennessee
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- Confederate troops surprise Union forces early in the morning on April 6, driving them to the banks of the Tennessee River at Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee. Fresh Union troops arrive that night to help Union forces regain the territory lost the day before.
- Also referred to as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing
Sub-Operations
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Union Order of Battle
- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiloh_Union_order_of_battle
- Also listed but not in Wikipedia order of battle:
- 13th Missouri Infantry (U)
- Ram "Monarch," credited to Missouri
- Mississippi Marine Brigade[1]
- 26th Ohio Infantry
Army of the Tennessee
Major General Ulysses S. Grant, Commanding
General Staff & Headquarters
- Chief of Staff: Joseph D. Webster, Colonel
- Chief of Engineers: James B. McPherson, Colonel
- Assistant Adjutant General: John A. Rawlins, Captain
- Chief Commissary: John Parker Hawkins, Captain (Accompanied Grant on the field)
Army of the Ohio
Major General Don Carlos Buell, Commanding
General Staff and Headquarters
- Chief of Staff: James Barnet Fry, Colonel
- Assistant Adjutant General: J.M. Wright, Captain
- Topographical Engineer: Nathaniel Michler, Captain
- Assistant Quartermaster: Alvan C. Gillem, Captain
- Assistant Inspector General: Charles C. Gilbert, Captain[9]
Confederate Order of Battle
Casualties
- Union: 1,754 killed, 8,408 wounded, 2,885 captured and missing = Total 13,047
Notes
- ↑ Unit not specified, does not appear on any of the unit homepages
- ↑ Not originally referenced on Dyer, but listed on unit homepage
- ↑ Listed as Company C in battle entry, listed as Company B on unit homepage
- ↑ Listed as 1st Missouri Light Artillery / Battery C
- ↑ Doran's regiment, the 17th Wisconsin, was stationed at Benton Barracks until April 10 when it moved to Pittsburg Landing. Colonel Doran was detached from his regiment to assume command of the 1st Brigade on the Shiloh battlefield on April 6
- ↑ Quinn commanded the remnants of the 6th Division following Prentiss' surrender
- ↑ Not originally listed on Dyer summary, but listed on unit homepage
- ↑ Temporarily attached to the 4th Brigade, Army of the Ohio
- ↑ At Savannah during the engagement
- ↑ Listed on Dyer as the 39th Indiana Infantry
- ↑ Listed as Battery I in Dyer summary
Sources
- Dyer, Frederick H. A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion. The Dyer Publishing Company (Des Moine, 1908). (Pages 641, 648, 843, 846, 847)
- Wikipedia - Battle of Shiloh
Categories:
- Engagements in the War of the Rebellion
- Engagements in Tennessee
- Engagements in Hardin County, Tennessee
- Battles in Tennessee
- Battles in Hardin County, Tennessee
- Engagements in 1862
- Engagements on April 6, 1862
- Engagements on April 7, 1862
- Source: ACWR 641
- Source: ACWR 648
- Source: ACWR 843
- Source: ACWR 846
- Source: ACWR 847