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The 1st Battalions of the 15th, 16th, and 19th U.S. Infantry, commanded respectively by Capt. Peter Swain, Capt. Edwin F. Townsend, and Maj. Stephen D. Carpenter, served together as a regiment under Major John H. King in the 4th Brigade (Rousseau), 2nd Division (McCook), Army of the Ohio. They were engaged here from about 9.30 to 11.30 a.m. on April 7, 1862, and suffered 15 killed and 141 wounded, for a total of 156 casualties.
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Shiloh, Tennessee · United States
