. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . amp which was reoccupied by him Monday evening.] as much of their army and material as possi-ble. Ours then was to drive them from ourfront, and to capture or destroy as great apart as possible of their men and were successful in driving them back, butnot so successful in captures as if further pur-suit could have been made. But as it was,we captured or recaptured on the second dayabout as much artillery as we lost on the first;and, leaving out the one great capture ofPrentiss, we took more prisoners on Monday than the enemy gain
. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . amp which was reoccupied by him Monday evening.] as much of their army and material as possi-ble. Ours then was to drive them from ourfront, and to capture or destroy as great apart as possible of their men and were successful in driving them back, butnot so successful in captures as if further pur-suit could have been made. But as it was,we captured or recaptured on the second dayabout as much artillery as we lost on the first;and, leaving out the one great capture ofPrentiss, we took more prisoners on Monday than the enemy gained from us on Sunday,On the 6th Sherman lost seven pieces ofartillery, McClernand six, Prentiss eight, andHurlbut two batteries. On the 7th Shermanca]jtured seven guns, McClernand three, andthe Army of the Ohio twenty. The effective strength of the Union forceon the morning of the 6th was 33,000 atShiloh. Lew Wallace brought 5000 more afternightfall. Beauregard reported the enemysstrength at 40,955. According to the custom THE BATTLE OF SBILOH. 6ii.
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