Missouri

At the Battle of Shiloh on April 6th and 7th, 1862, Missouri soldiers served in both the Union Army of the Tennessee and the Confederate Army of the Mississippi. Union Missouri units listed from the Army of the Tennessee included elements of the 2nd Division, 2nd Brigade; the 13th Missouri under Colonel Crafts Wright; the 14th Missouri, Birge's Sharp Shooters, under Colonel B. Compton; the 1st Missouri Light Artillery batteries D under Captain Henry Richardson, H under Captain Frederick Welker, and K under Captain George Stone; the 3rd Division, 1st Brigade under Colonel Morgan Smith; the 8th Missouri under Lieutenant Colonel James Peckham; the 1st Missouri Light Artillery Battery I under Lieutenant Charles Thurber; the 4th Division's 1st Missouri Light Artillery, Mann's Battery C, under Lieutenant Edward Brotzmann; the 6th Division, 1st Brigade under Colonel E. Peabody and Lieutenant Colonel H. Woodyard; the 21st Missouri under Colonel David Moore; the 25th Missouri under Lieutenant Colonel Robert Vanhorn; the 2nd Brigade under Colonel Madison Miller; the 18th Missouri under Lieutenant Colonel Issac Pratt; and unattached infantry, the 23rd Missouri under Colonel Jacob Tindall and Lieutenant Colonel Quin Morton. On the Confederate side, Missouri was represented in the Army of the Mississippi's Reserve Corps, 2nd Brigade, by the 1st Missouri under Colonel Lucius Rich. These Missouri sons fought and died to preserve the freedoms in which they believed.

Shiloh, Tennessee · United States