Battery "H," 1st Missouri Light Artillery.

Attached to Dept, Missouri, to February, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, Dist. Cairo, to March, 1862. 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, District of West Tennessee, and Army of the Tennessee, to April, 1862. Artillery, 2nd Division, Army Tennessee, to July, 1862. Artillery, 2nd Division, District of Corinth Miss., to November, 1862. Artillery, District of Corinth, 13th Army Corps (Old), Dept. Tennessee, to December, 1862. Artillery, Distict of Corinth, 17th Army Corps, to January, 1863. Artillery, District of Corinth, 16th Army Corps, to March, 1863. Artillery, 2nd Division, 16th Army Corps, to September, 1864. Artillery Brigade, 15th Army Corps, to June, 1865.

SERVICE.—Duty in Dept. of Missouri till February, 1862. Reconnoissance toward Fort Henry, Tenn., January 31-February 2. Capture of Fort Henry February 6. Investment and capture of Fort Donelson, Tenn., February 12-16. Expedition to Clarksville and Nashville, Tenn., February 22-March 6. Move to Pittsburg Landing, Tenn. Battle of Shiloh, Tenn., April 6-7. Advance on and siege of Corinth, Miss., April 29-May 30. Occupation of Corinth May 30, and pursuit to Booneville May 31-June 6. Duty at Corinth till October. Battle of Corinth October 3-4. Pursuit to Hatchie River October 5-12. Duty at Corinth till April, 1863. Dodge's Expedition to Northern Alabama April 15-May 8. Rock Cut, near Tuscumbia, April 22. Tuscumbia April 23. Town Creek April 28. Expedition to Tupelo, Miss., May 2-8. King's Creek, near Tupelo, May 5. At Corinth, Moscow and Lagrange till October. March to Pulaski, Tenn., October 30-November 11, and duty there  till March, 1864. At Prospect, Tenn., till April. Atlanta (Ga.) Campaign May l-September 8. Sugar Valley May 9. Battle of Resaca May 13-14. Ley's Ferry, Oostenaula River May 15. Rome Cross Roads May 16. Battles about Dallas May 25-June 5. Operations about Marietta and against Kenesaw Mountain June 10-July 2. Assault on Kenesaw June 27. Ruff's Mill July 3-4. Chattahoochie River July 5-7. Battle of Atlanta July 22. Siege of Atlanta July 22-August 25. Flank movement on Jonesboro August 25-30. Battle of Jonesboro August 31-September 1. Lovejoy Station September 2-6. Operations against Hood in North Georgia and North Alabama September 29-November 3. Reconnoissance on Cave Springs Road near Rome October 12-13. March to the sea November 15-December 10. Ogeechee Canal December 9. Siege of Savannah December 10-21. Campaign of the Carolinas January to April, 1865. Salkehatchie Swamps, S.C., February 2-5. South Edisto River February 9. North Edisto River February 12-13. Columbia February 15-17. Little Cohora Creek, N. C., March 16. Battle of Bentonville, N. C., March 19-21. Mill Creek March 22. Occupation of Goldsboro March 24. Advance on Raleigh April 10-14. Occupation of Raleigh April 14. Bennett's House April 26. Surrender of Johnston and his army. March to Washington, D.C., via Richmond, Va., April 29-May 20. Grand Review May 24. Moved to Louisville, Ky., Mustered out June 16, 1865.

SOURCE: Frederick H. Dyer, A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion, Part 3, p. 1315

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

Second Division, Army of the Tennessee Marker: W.H.L. Wallace Headquarters, Pittsburg Landing Road, Shiloh National Military Park

U. S.

SECOND DIVISION, ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE

BRIG. GEN. WM. H. L. WALLACE, (MORTALLY W’D.)

COL. JAMES M. TUTTLE, 2D IOWA

1ST BRIGADE	COL. JAMES M. TUTTLE, 2D IOWA
2ND BRIGADE	BRIG. GEN. JOHN McARTHUR, (W’D.)
	COL. THOMAS MORTON, 81ST OHIO.
3RD BRIGADE	COL. THOMAS M. SWEENY, 52D ILLINOIS, (W’D.)
	COL. SILAS D. BALDWIN, 57TH ILLINOIS.
BATTERY ‘A’ 1ST ILL. LT. ARTY., LIEUT. PETER P. WOOD.
BATTERY ‘D’ 1ST MO. LT. ARTY., CAPT. HENRY RICHARDSON.
BATTERY ‘H’ 1ST MO. LT. ARTY., CAPT. FRED. WELKER.
BATTERY ‘K’ 1ST MO. LT. ARTY., CAPT. GEORGE H. STONE.
COMPANIES ‘A’ AND ‘B’ 2D ILLINOIS CAVALRY.
COMPANIES ‘C’ 2D AND ‘I’ 4TH U. S. CAVALRY.

This Division, commanded by Brig. Gen. C. F. Smith, arrived upon this field March 19, 1862 and encamped along, and to the right of the road from Pittsburg Landing to Snake Creek Bridge.

April 2, 1862 Brig. Gen. Wm. H. L. Wallace was assigned to the command of the Division.

On Sunday, April 6, 1862, the 1st and 3d brigades were engaged at the “Hornets’ Nest”; two regiments of the 2d Brigade, under Gen. McArthur, were engaged east of the Peach Orchard; the other three regiments were detached to different parts of the field.  At about 5 P. M. Gen. Wallace was mortally wounded and four of his regiments were surrounded and captured.

On Monday the Division, under the command of Col. Tuttle, was in reserve, supporting the 5th Division of the Army of the Ohio, until about noon.  It then formed in the front line between the divisions of McCook and Crittenden, and was engaged in the Review Field.  The Division had present for duty, of all arms, officers and men, 8408.  Its loss was 270 killed; 1173 wounded; 1306 missing; total 2749.

Battery A, 1st Illinois Light Artillery: Sarah Bell's Old Cotton Field, Shiloh National Military Park

U. S.

WILLARD’S BATTERY,

“A” 1^ST ILL. LT. ART.,

W. H. L. WALLACE’S (2^D) DIV.,

ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE

This battery went into action here with six guns at 9 A. M. April 6, 1862.

Its next position was to left, across Hamburg Road.

The position markers in the far back ground are

(Left to Right):

17^th Kentucky Infantry 

Welker’s Battery (H), 1^st Missouri Light Artillery

The West End of Sarah Bell’s Old Cotton Field: Shiloh National Military Park

Position Markers (Facing West: Left to Right):

17^th Kentucky Infantry

Welker’s Battery (H), 1^st Missouri Light Artillery

Battery H, 1st Missouri Light Artillery: Position Marker, Sarah Bell’s Old Cotton Field, Shiloh National Military Park

U. S.

WELKER’S BATTERY

“H” 1^ST MO. LT. ART., W.H.L. WALLACE’S (2) DIV.

ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE

One section of this battery under Lieutenant Edwards, was engaged here from 12 M. to 2 p. m. April 6, 1862.  It retired to its battery, and then to Hurlbut’s headquarters.