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The 58th Illinois Infantry, in the 3d Brigade under Sweeny and the 2d Division under W.H.L. Wallace in the Army of the Tennessee, was commanded by Col. Wm. F. Lynch and held this line with slight changes of position from about 9:00 a.m. on April 6, 1862, until its capture about 5:30 p.m. In the battle, the regiment lost 20 men killed, 8 officers and 39 men wounded, and 223 men missing, for a total loss of 290.
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Shiloh, Tennessee · United States
