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U.S.
Army of the Tennessee
Major General U.S. Grant
First Division, Maj. Gen. John A. McClernand
Second Division, Brig. Gen. W.H.L. Wallace, (mortally wd.)
Col. James M. Tuttle, 2d Iowa
Third Division, Maj. Gen. Lewis Wallace
Fourth Division, Brig. Gen. Stephen A. Hurlbut
Fifth Division, Brig. Gen. William T. Sherman (wounded)
Sixth Division, Brig. Gen. Benjamin M. Prentiss (Captured)
The Army of the Tennessee, except the 3d Division, was encamped on this field April 6, 1862. Its outer line of camps, just beyond the Hamburg and Purdy Road, extended from Owl Creek on the right to Lick Creek on the left.
The total strength of the five divisions on the field Sunday, April 6, 1862, was, present for duty, officers and men, 39,830.
The Confederate army under General Albert Sidney Johnston, with an aggregate present for duty, officers and men, 43,968, attacked the Union army in front of its outer camps at 4.55 a.m. Sunday, April 6, 1862.
The Union army was gradually driven back until at 6 p.m. it occupied a line from Pittsburg Landing to Snake Creek Bridge on Savannah Road. During the night the 3d Division arrived on the field from Crump's, and three divisions of the Army of the Ohio commanded by General Buell, arrived from Savannah. With these reenforcements General Grant attacked the Confederates Monday morning pressing them gradually back until 4 p.m. when they abandoned the field and retired toward Corinth.
The casualties in the Army of the Tennessee, during the battle, were, killed 1,513, wounded 6,601, missing 2,830; total 10,944. |