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U.S. 21st Missouri and pickets of Peabody's 1st Brigade, Prentiss' 6th Division, Army of the Tennessee, stood here with the reconnoitering party of the 25th Missouri and the pickets of the 12th Michigan and four companies of the 16th Wisconsin, and they engaged the Confederate advance for 30 minutes soon after sunrise on April 6, 1862. Colonel Moore of the 21st Missouri was wounded, and Captain Saxe of the 16th Wisconsin was killed, the first officer killed at Shiloh.
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Shiloh, Tennessee · United States
