Illinois Cavalry

At Shiloh, Illinois cavalry largely served in reserve or headquarters guard roles because the battle's nature did not allow cavalry to be used in front, and Grant formed his cavalry in line in the rear. In the Army of the Tennessee, the 1st Battalion, 4th Cavalry, under Lieutenant Colonel W. McCullough, with Stewart's and Carmichael's Independent Companies, afterwards the 15th Illinois, was held in reserve on April 6th and 7th, 1862, and suffered one officer and two men wounded in McClernand's 1st Division. Companies A and B of the 2nd Cavalry, under Captain Thos. J. Larrison, served as division headquarters guard and escort in W.H.L. Wallace's 2nd Division and were not actively engaged in the battle on April 6th and 7th, 1862. The 3rd Battalion, 11th Cavalry, under Major Jas. F. Johnson, was in reserve on the north side of Snake Creek during the battle on April 6th and 7th, 1862, in L. Wallace's 3rd Division. The 2nd and 3rd Battalions, 4th Cavalry, under Colonel T. Lyle Dickey, and two companies of Thielemann's Cavalry, afterwards the 16th Illinois, were in reserve and not actively engaged in the battle on April 6th and 7th, 1862, in Sherman's 5th Division. The 1st and 2nd Battalions, 11th Cavalry, under Colonel R. G. Ingersoll, formed in an open field near their camp, where at about 9 a.m. on April 6th, 1862, they received the fire of a battery that killed three men and wounded two in Prentiss' 6th Division.

Shiloh, Tennessee · United States