. Illinois at Shiloh; report of the Shiloh Battlefield Commission and ceremonies at the dedication of the monuments erected to mark the positions of the Illinois commands engaged in the battle; the story of the battle . cene of devastation. General L. Wallace was found, still alive, lying upon the groundwhere he had fallen the day before. He was taken toSavannah, Tennessee, where he died four days later. Another fierce battle raged on the Corinth road south-west of Shiloh Church. Bragg was on the defensive herefor the Union forces sought to get a firm hold upon theroad and so cut off the
. Illinois at Shiloh; report of the Shiloh Battlefield Commission and ceremonies at the dedication of the monuments erected to mark the positions of the Illinois commands engaged in the battle; the story of the battle . cene of devastation. General L. Wallace was found, still alive, lying upon the groundwhere he had fallen the day before. He was taken toSavannah, Tennessee, where he died four days later. Another fierce battle raged on the Corinth road south-west of Shiloh Church. Bragg was on the defensive herefor the Union forces sought to get a firm hold upon theroad and so cut off the Confederate connections with Cor-inth. For six hours a fight as severe as any that had ragedon Sunday, was fought here. McCooks division carriedoff the honors of this part of the field. The stubbornfight of Nelson and Crittendon embarrassed the Confed-erates opposed to McCook, as reinforcements had to besent to the center, thus weakening their left. The Union line pushed steadily, and it pushed the whole Corinth road from the Hornets Nestregion to Shiloh Church the fighting was continuous andsevere, and it was borne in upon the Confederate leader,Beauregard, that his only course was to retreat. He be-. THE BATTLE OF SHILOH 49 gan his retrograde movement with great skill, keeping upa stiff fight to cover his withdrawal, and by 4 oclock heand his army were in full retreat toward Corinth. The losses of the Army of the Ohio show what a hardfought battle was that of Monday. There were killed,241; wounded, 1,807; missing, 55; making a total of 2,103casualties. The total casualties of the two days battle in theUnion army were 13,047. The total casualties in the Confederate army in the twodays battle were 10,699. The total loss at Shiloh in both armies, 23,746. FINALE. Thus the battle was fought. North and South had metin deadly conflict, and in both North and South, Rachelmourned her children, and would not be comforted. The American people were appalled at this first great
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