First Division, Army of the Tennessee

U.S. First Division, Army of the Tennessee, commanded by Maj. Gen. John A. McClernand, included the 1st Brigade under Col. Abraham M. Hare, with the 11th Iowa and Col. Marcellus M. Crocker's 13th Iowa; the 2d Brigade under Col. C. Carroll Marsh, with the 20th Illinois; the 3d Brigade under Col. Julius Raith, with the 43d Illinois and Lt. Col. Enos P. Wood's 17th Illinois; Battery "D" 1st Illinois Light Artillery under Capt. Edward McAllister; Battery "D" 2d Illinois Light Artillery under Capt. James P. Timony; Battery "E" 2d Illinois Light Artillery under Lieut. George L. Nispel; the 14th Battery, Ohio Light Artillery under Capt. Jerome B. Burrows; and six companies of Illinois Cavalry. The division encamped here March 21, 1862, with the 1st Brigade on the right in Jones Field, the 2d in the center with its left on Corinth Road, and the 3d along Hamburg Road south of Review Field. During the battle on Sunday, April 6, 1862, it occupied seven positions on the field: first, the 3d Brigade east of Shiloh Church; second, the division along Corinth Road from 9 a.m. to 11 a.m.; third, at right angles across the center of its 2d Brigade camp at 11.15 a.m.; fourth, in Jones Field, from which it advanced and at 12 m. recovered its 2d Brigade camp and division headquarters; fifth, back in Jones Field, which it held until 2.30 p.m.; sixth, in Cavalry Field; and seventh, along the Hamburg and Savannah Road at 4.30 p.m. On Monday it was engaged in the camps of the First and Second Brigades. Present for duty, officers and men of all arms, were 6941, and its losses were 285 killed, 1372 wounded, and 65 missing, for a total of 1722.

Shiloh, Tennessee · United States