Confederate Army commander General Albert Sidney Johnston died here at 2:30 P.M. on April 6, 1862. Senator Isham G. Harris, who had been governor of Tennessee in 1862 and was serving as a volunteer aide on Johnston’s staff at Shiloh, visited this field in 1896 to determine where Johnston fell. After carefully examining the ground over which the Confederate advance had been made, Harris identified the place where Johnston was wounded and recounted that Johnston had been following the advance of Bowen’s Brigade, had sent members of his staff to other parts of the field with orders, and was left alone on horseback near a large oak tree after Harris departed to put Statham’s Brigade in motion across the peach orchard. When Harris returned, he saw Johnston reel in the saddle, rode to him, asked if he was hurt, and Johnston replied, “Yes, I fear seriously.” Harris then supported him in the saddle, guided the horses to a ravine in the rear, lifted him from his horse, and placed him on the ground, where Johnston was unconscious and died within a few minutes at 2:30 P.M.