81st Ohio Infantry

The 81st Ohio Infantry, commanded by Col. Thomas Morton McArthur's brigade in W.H.L. Wallace's division of the Army of the Tennessee, guarded Snake Creek bridge during the forenoon of April 6, 1862; assisted in repelling the enemy's advance at the army's extreme right after noon; and, by personal order of Gen. Grant received at 3 p.m., developed the enemy's position at the crossing of Hamburg and Savannah and main Corinth roads. On April 7th it formed the left of McClernand's command and shortly before the end of the battle drove the enemy from a battery, where it suffered its greatest loss. Its losses were 2 officers and 2 men killed, 17 men wounded, and 2 men missing, for a total of 23.

Shiloh, Tennessee · United States