. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . e rain, and also to get away from theshells that were dropped upon them bythe gun-boats every fifteen minutesduring the night. The position of the Union troops onthe morning of the 7th was as follows:General Lew Wallace on the right, Sher-man on his left; then MeClernand, andthen Hurlbut. Nelson, of Buells army,was on our extreme left, next to theriver; Crittenden was next in line afterNelson, and on his right; McCook fol-lowed, and formed the extreme right ofBueUs command. My old
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . e rain, and also to get away from theshells that were dropped upon them bythe gun-boats every fifteen minutesduring the night. The position of the Union troops onthe morning of the 7th was as follows:General Lew Wallace on the right, Sher-man on his left; then MeClernand, andthen Hurlbut. Nelson, of Buells army,was on our extreme left, next to theriver; Crittenden was next in line afterNelson, and on his right; McCook fol-lowed, and formed the extreme right ofBueUs command. My old command thusformed the right wing, while the troopsdirectly under Buell constituted the leftwing of the army. These relative positionswere retained during the entire day, or un-til the enemy was driven from the field. In a very short time the battle became general all along the line. This dayeverything was favorable to the Federal side. We had now become theattacking party. The enemy was driven back all day, as we had been the daybefore, until finally he beat a precipitate retreat. The last point held by him. E. M. A PHOTOGRAPH. 478 THE BATTLE OF SHILOH.
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