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The U.S. Fourth Division of the Army of the Ohio, under Brig. Gen. William Nelson, included the 10th Brigade under Col. Jacob Ammen, 24th Ohio, the 19th Brigade under Col. Wm. B. Hazen, 41st Ohio, and the 22d Brigade under Col. Sanders D. Bruce, 20th Ky. The advance of the division arrived on the field about 5 p.m. on April 6, 1862, and one regiment helped repel the last Confederate attack on Sunday. The division bivouacked in line of battle along the north bank of Dill Branch and early Monday morning, April 7th, 1862, advanced and at 9 a.m. became engaged north of the Peach Orchard, with its 10th Brigade holding the left of the Union line. At 2 o'clock the division crossed the Peach Orchard field, driving the enemy from that part of the line. It bivouacked Monday night with its left in the camp of Stuart's Brigade. The division had 5441 officers and men present for duty and lost 93 killed, 603 wounded, and 20 missing, for a total of 716.
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