Shaver’s Brigade Position Marker: On Highway 142, midway between its intersections with Highway 22 & Bark Road, Shiloh National Battlefield

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SHAVER’S (1^ST) BRIGADE

7^th Ark., 2^d Ark., 6^th Ark. 3^d Confederate,

Miller’s Tenn. Battery, Swett’s Mississippi Battery

Hardee’s Corps

Army of the Mississippi

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The brigade with its regiments in order from left to right as above, and its batteries in rear, bivouacked at this place Saturday night April 5, 1862.  It advanced Sunday morning at 6 o’clock and was soon engaged with pickets and at 8 o’clock attacked Peabody’s camp.

General Joseph Wheeler Memorial: Shiloh National Military Park

In Loyal Memory Of

GENERAL JOSEPH WHEELER

1836 – 1906

Colonel In Command Of The

19th Regiment, Alabama Infantry

April 6-7, 1862

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Erected By

The General Joseph Wheeler

Memorial Association

October 9, 1930

WHEELER

Alabama State Monument: Shiloh National Military Park

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ALABAMA

[Inscribed on the right side of the monument:]

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ALABAMA INFANTRY

4th Battalion, Maj. James M. Clifton.

16th Regiment, Lieut. Col. J. W. Harris.

17th Regt. Lieut. Col. Robert C. Fariss.

18th Regt. Col. Eli S. Shorter.

19th Regt. Col. Joseph Wheeler.

21st Regt. (Lieut. Col. Stewart W. Cayce

(Maj. Frederick Stewart.

22nd Regt. (Col. Zach C. Deas (Wounded)

(Lieut. Col. John C. Marrast

25th Regt. (Col. John Q. Loomis (Wounded)

(Major George D. Johnston

26th Regt. (Col. John G. Coltart (Wounded)

(Lieut. Col. William D. Chadick

31st Regt., Lieut. Col. Montgomery Gilbreath.

[Inscribed on the back of the monument:]

C. S. A.

ALABAMA

TO THE

LASTING MEMORY OF THE HEROES

FROM ALABAMA

WHO FOUGHT AT SHILOH

APRIL 6-7 1862

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ERECTED BY THE ALABAMA

DIVISION

UNITED DUAGHTERS OF THE CONFEDERACY

1907

[Inscribed on the left side of the monument:]

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ALABAMA GENERAL OFFICERS AT SHILOH.

Brig. Gen. Jones M. Withers, 2nd Div. 2nd Army Corps.

Brig. Gen. Sterling A. M. Wood, 3rd Brig. 3rd Army Corps.

ALABAMA CAVALRY

Gen. Bragg’s Escort, Company, Capt. Robert W. Smith.

First Battalion Capt. Thoms F. Jenkins

Miss. And Ala Battalion, Lieut. Col. Richard H. Brewer.

First Regiment, Col. James H. Clanton.

ALABAMA ARTILLERY.

Gage’s Battery, Capt. Charles P. Gage.

Ketchum’s Battery, Capt. Wm. H. Ketchum.

Robertson’s Battery, Capt. Felix H. Robertson

Missouri State Monument: Shiloh National Military Park

UNION ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE

2nd. Division 2nd. Brigade

13th. Mo. Col. Crafts Wright

14th. Mo. Birge Sharp Shooters

Col. B. Compton

1st. Mo. Light Artillery

Batty. D Capt. Henry Richardson

Batty. H Capt. Frederick Welker

Batty. K Capt George Stone

3rd. Division

1st. Brigade Col. Morgan Smith, 8th. Mo.

8th. Mo. Lt. Col. James Peckham

1st. Mo. Light Artillery

Batty. I Lt. Charles Thurber

4th. Division 1st. Mo. Light Artillery

Mann’s Battery C. Lt. Edward Brotzmann

6th. Division 1st. Brigade

Col. E. Peabody, Lt. Col. H. Woodyard

21st. Mo. Col. David Moore

24th. Mo. Lt. Col. Robert Vanhorn

2nd. Brigade Col. Madison Miller 18th. Mo.

18th. Mo. Lt. Col. Issac Pratt

Unattached Infantry 23rd. Mo.

Col. Jacob Tindall, Lt. Co. Quin Morton

CONFEDERATE ARMY OF THE MISSISSIPPI

Reserve Corps 2nd. Brigade

1st. Mo. Col. Lucius Rich

MISSOURI

[Inscribed on the back:]

IN MEMORY OF HER SONS WHO FOUGHT AND DIED TO PRESERVE THOSE FREEDOMS IN WHICH THEY BELIEVED

BATTLE OF SHILOH

APRIL 6TH AND 7TH 1862

Colonel Julius Raith's Meerschaum Pipe: Visitors Center Museum, Shiloh National Military Park

Colonel Raith brought this Meerschaum pipe from Germany.  It was picked up by a Confederate cavalryman on the battlefield and returned to Raith’s grandson.

Colonel Raith was mortally wounded leading a charge of his Illinois troops near Shiloh Church on April 6.

SOURCE: Display at the Visitors Center Museum, Shiloh National Military Park.

Union Flag: Visitor’s Center Museum, Shiloh National Military Park.

This Union flag was captured on the battlefield by Major Daniel Gober of the 16th Louisiana Infantry.  So much importance was placed upon a unit’s battle flag that its loss was considered a major disaster.

51st Tennessee Infantry Regimental Battle Flag: Visitor’s Center Museum, Shiloh National Military Park.

Regimental battle flag of the 51st Tennessee Infantry which fought at Shiloh.

Artillery Guidon: Visitors Center Museum, Shiloh National Military Park

This artillery guidon was picked up from the field after the battle.  Artillery and cavalry regiments were frequently divided up with batteries and companies acting independently.  Having little opportunity to use their regimental standard, each battery of artillery and cavalry carried a small, forked flag called a guidon.

Ruggles' Batteries: Shiloh National Military Park

Ruggles’ Batteries Wayside Exhibit

The Batteries (Running from North to South South-East):

• Ketchum’s Alabama Battery
• Washington, Louisiana Artillery
• Bankhead’s Tennessee Battery
• Stanford’s Mississippi Battery
• Robertson’s Alabama Battery
• Rutledge’s Tennessee Battery
• Robert’s Arkansas Battery
• Trigg’s Arkansas Battery
• Swett’s Mississippi Battery
• Hubbard’s Arkansas Battery
• Byrne’s Mississippi Battery
• Trabue’s Kentucky Battery
• Smith’s Mississippi Battery

Other Monuments And Position Markers In The Area

• 8th Illinois Infantry Monument
• Stratham’s Brigade Position Marker
• Swett’s Mississippi Battery (9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m.)
• 154th Tennessee Infantry Position Marker
• Bowen’s Brigade Position Marker

Ruggles' Batteries Wayside Exhibit: Shiloh National Military Park

Ruggles’ Batteries

After six hours of blood fighting here it became evident that Confederate infantry alone would not break the strong Union Defenses along the Sunken Road and the thickets beyond.  Toward late afternoon, Brig. Gen. Daniel Ruggles brought forward eleven batteries of artillery and placed them in a line that began here and extended to your right along the wooded edge of Duncan Field and beyond.

According to Ruggles’ official report, there were 62 cannon here – the greatest concentration of field guns seen on a North American battlefield up to that time.

For more than an hour the Confederate artillery roared, unleashing a great storm of shot, shell, and canister that kept the Union soldiers in the “Hornets’ Nest” pinned down.  Confederate infantry then encircled the Hornets’ Nest and forced its defenders to surrender.

The combined guns of Ruggles’ batteries could fire more than 180 rounds every minute – three pounds per second!  The noise was deafening.

Brig. Gen. Daniel Ruggles, a West Point Graduate, was convinced that Confederate infantry needed artillery support to conquer the Hornets’ Nest.

Ruggles’ Batteries – April 6, 1862 – P.M.

The Cannon you see today mark the locations of Ruggles’ batteries.  Although not the same cannon used in the battle they comprise one of the best collections of Civil War field artillery in existence.

Bowen's Brigade Position Marker: Ruggle's Battery, Shiloh National Military Park

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ARMY OF THE MISSISSIPPI

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BOWEN’S (2D) BRIGADE

9TH ARK., 10TH ARK., 2ND CONFEDERATE, 1ST MO.,

BRECKINRIDGE’S CORP

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This brigade was engaged here until about 1 p.m.

April 7, 1862

Smith’s Mississippi Battery: Ruggles’ Battery, Shiloh National Military Park

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SMITH’S MISSISSIPPI BATTERY,

STEPHENS’ (2D) BRIG., CHEATHAM’S (2D) DIV., POLK’S CORPS

ARMY OF THE MISSISSIPPI

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This battery, of six guns, was in action here from about 10 a. m. to 12 m. April 6, 1862.

On Monday it had two guns in action on the Confederate Left.

Trabue’s Kentucky Battery: Ruggles’ Battery, Shiloh National Military Park

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TRABUE’S KENTUCKY BATTERY,

ARMY OF THE MISSISSIPPI

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A battery, designated by Gen. Ruggles as “Captain Trabue’s Kentucky,” was engaged here from about 3 p. m. to 5.30 p. m. April 6, 1862.  No other reference to this battery can be found in the records.

Byrne’s Mississippi Battery: Ruggles’ Battery, Shiloh National Military Park

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BYRNE’S MISSISSIPPI BATTERY

TRABUE’S (1ST) BRIG., BRECKINRIDGE’S CORPS,

ARMY OF THE MISSISSIPPI

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This battery was engaged here Sunday afternoon from 3 p. m. to 5 p. m.

Hubbard’s Arkansas Battery: Ruggles’ Battery, Shiloh National Military Park

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HUBBARD’S ARKANSAS BATTERY,

CLEBURNE’S (2^D) BRIGADE, HARDEE’S CORPS,

ARMY OF THE MISSISSIPPI

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Lieut. Thrall’s section of this battery, two guns, was engaged here about 2.30 p. m. April 6, 1862.  These guns were forced to retire but at 3 p. m. returned and joined the other batteries in Ruggles’ line and were engaged until close of battle Sunday.

154th Tennessee Infantry Position Marker: Ruggles’ Battery, Shiloh National Military Park

154th Tennessee Infantry                    Swett's Mississippi Battery

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154^TH TENNESSEE INFANTRY

JOHNSON’S (1^ST) BRIG., CHEATHAM’S (2^D) DIV., POLK’S CORPS,

ARMY OF THE MISSISSIPPI

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This regiment supported Swett’s Battery on this line from 3 p.m. to night April 6, 1862.

Swett's Mississippi Battery: Ruggles' Battery, Shiloh National Military Park

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SWETT’S MISSISSIPPI BATTERY,

SHAVER’S (1^ST) BRIG., HARDEE’S CORPS,

ARMY OF THE MISSISSIPPI

_____ _ ___ _ _____

This battery, the fourth in Ruggles’ line, was engaged here from about 3 p. m. to 5 p. m. April 6, 1862.

Swett’s Mississippi Battery: Behind Ruggle’s Battery, Shiloh National Military Park

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SWETT’S MISSISSIPPI BATTERY,

SHAVER’S (1^ST) BRIG., HARDEE’S CORPS,

ARMY OF THE MISSISSIPPI

_____ _ ___ _ _____

This battery, forming in rear of right of its brigade, was engaged here from 9.30 a. m. to 12 m. April 6, 1862.

It was again engaged in Ruggles’ line of batteries near this place from 3 p. m. to 5.30 p. m.

Trigg’s Arkansas Battery: Ruggles’ Battery, Shiloh National Military Park

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TRIGG’S ARKANSAS BATTERY,

CLEBURNE’S (2D) BRIGADE, HARDEE’S CORPS,

ARMY OF THE MISSISSIPPI

_____ _ ___ _ _____

 

This battery was engaged her from 3 p. m. to 5.30. p. m., April 6, 1862.

Stratham’s Brigade Position Marker: Ruggles’ Battery, Shiloh National Military Park

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ARMY OF THE MISSISSIPPI.

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STATHAM’S (3^D) BRIGADE,

15^TH MISS., 22^D MISS, 19^TH TENN, 20^TH TENN.,

28^TH TENN., 45^TH TENN.

BRECKINRIDGE’S CORPS.

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This brigade was engaged here until about noon April 7, 1862.  It fell back to Hamburg Road and was in final engagement one-half miles south west.