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Polk's Tennessee Battery

Shiloh, Tennessee
· Johnson's Brigade - Cheatham's Division - Polk's Corps
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C. S. Polk's Tennessee Battery, part of Johnson's 1st Brigade, Cheatham's 2d Division, Polk's Corps, Army of the Mississippi, became engaged here at about 9 a.m. on April 6, 1862. Capt. Polk was wounded and five of his guns were disabled. One gun, under Sergt. Pirtle, went forward to the Cross Roads, where it was lost.
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