. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . well to the soiith, Avith its rightresting on Tillmans Creek, and marked Hurlbut. On the right of Hurlbutextending in the same west course, and entirely on the west side of TillmansCreek, is a doulile line one-eighth of a mile long marked commcMicing one hundred yards north-west of ^IcClernand-^ right andextending due north, along the edge of the field in front of the camp ofMcCleriiands First Brigade, is a line two-thirds of a mile long markedtShermau. On the righ
. Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers . well to the soiith, Avith its rightresting on Tillmans Creek, and marked Hurlbut. On the right of Hurlbutextending in the same west course, and entirely on the west side of TillmansCreek, is a doulile line one-eighth of a mile long marked commcMicing one hundred yards north-west of ^IcClernand-^ right andextending due north, along the edge of the field in front of the camp ofMcCleriiands First Brigade, is a line two-thirds of a mile long markedtShermau. On the right of this line are three houses covered in fnnit by asort of demi-lune and wing, between which and the main Sherman line is abastion-like arrangement. The demi-lune figure Sherman designates as astrong flank, and says it was occupied by Birges sharp-shootei-s. Off to theright is seen Lew Wallaces division crossing Snake Creek briilge, and march-ing toward the demi-lune by a road which had no existence in fact or on theoriginal Tlioin map. At the angle between Sherman and McClernaud is a SHILOH REI^IEIVED. 5H. IN THE noRSETS NEST —W. H. L. WALLACES LINE. From the Cyclorama of Bliiloli at CMcago. By permission. ravine wMcli extends into the camp of McClernands division, and along thesides of this ravine from the right and left respectively of McClernand andSherman are two dotted lines terminating in a point at the head of the his speech submitting his map to the society, Sherman explains how thathorn-like projection was formed, with other particulars, as follows: In the very crisis of the battle of April 6, about 4: oclock P. M., -when my division occupiedthe line fiom Snake Creek bridge to the forks of the Corinth and Purdy road, there occurredan incident I have never seen recorded. Bii-ges sharp-shooters, or SquiiTel Tails, occupiedthe stables, granaries, and house near the bridge as a strong flank. My division occupied adouble line from it along what had once been
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