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Private,
Feb. 24, 1865,
Gotta, Solomon D.,
Private,
March 1, 1865,
Griffin, William,
Private, ..
March 9, 1865,
Haas, Christian,
Private,
March 13, 1S65,
1
Harris, Smiley J.,
Private,
March 2, 1865, 1
Hartman, Jacob H.,
Private,
March 6, 1865,
Henry. Robert F.,
Private,
. .
March
3, 1865,
Hoover, John J.,
Private,
Feb. 21, 1865,
Humphreyville, J., ·
Private,
. March 9, 1865,
Hussey, James,
Private,
. Feb. 27, 1865, Feb. 21, 1865, .
1 1
Jones, John B., .
Private,
March 4, 1865, 1 1
Kaiser, Josiah C.,
Private,
March 6, 1865,
Kaiser, Lemuel,
March 20, 1865,
1 1
Kennedy, Joseph,
3, 1865, March .
Kippie, Peter,
Private,
March
3, 1865,
1
Kirby, Thomas,
Private, .
March 9, 1865, 1 Discharged.
Koerper, Samuel F.,
Private,
Feb. 27, 1865, 1
Leighton, Augustus,
Private,
March 6, 1865, 1 Discharged.
1
Gardner, James,
Private,
Gleason, James,
Private,
. March 3, 1865,
1 1
Died May 15, 1865, at Nashville. Discharged.
Discharged May 23, 1865. On furlough at muster out; discharged. Discharged September 18, 1865.
March 5, 1865,
Homer, John W., ..
Private, . .
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Ingram, John G.,
Private,
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·
.
Discharged June 30, 1865. Discharged May 23, 1885.
248
Seventy-seventh Pennsylvania Regiment.
1 1 1 1 1 Discharged May 23, 1865. Deserted June 26, 1865. On detached duty at muster out; discharged.
Private, Private,
Date of muster.
Term, years.
· Rank.
·
Lucas, David A., Lyons, Robert J.,
Private,
March 1, 1865,
1
Died October 31, 1865, near Victoria, Texas. Died August 28, 1865, at New Orleans.
Discharged.
McCord, John.
Private,
Mckinsey. Thomas,
Private,
Feb. 27, 1865,
Miller, Henry W.,
Private, ..
March 6, 1805,
Millhause, Owen,
Private,
March 3, 1865,
Milliken, Thomas,
Private,
March 1, 1865,
1
Nunemacher, Amb. W.,
Private,
Feb. 28, 1865,
1 1
O' Brien, John,
Private,
March 9, 1865,
O' Neal, William H.,
Private,
March 9, 1865,
1
Over, Andrew R., .
Private,
Feb. 28, 1865,
1
Owen, William HI.,
Private,
March 1, 1865,
1 1
Plerce, Joseph,
l'rivate,
March
20, 1865,
Raezer, Henry,
Private,
Private,
Private,
March
9, 1865,
Feb. 28, 1865,
March
7, 1865,
March 8. 1865, Discharged September 14, 1865.
Feb. 27, 1865,
1
Slentz, Jacob J.,
Private,
March 8, 1865,
1 1
Smith, Caivin,
Private,
March 2, 1865,
1
Stimmel, Jos. W.,
Private, ..
Feb. 27, 1865, 1
Thomas, George,
Private,
Feb. 24, 1865, 1 1
9, 1864,
1
Private,
March 4, 1865,
1
Private,
March 8, 1865,
1
Tolay, Franklin, Valentine, Geo. W.,
Private,
March
4, 1865,
1
Privaie,
March
2, 1865, {
1
.
Feb. 27, 1865,
1
Discharged September 30, 1865. Discharged.
1 1 1
Discharged. Discharged September 14, 1865.
1 1 1
Sload, John, Sload, Lemon,
Private,
March 6, 1865,
March 2, 1865,
1
Snyder, William,
Private, .
March 2, 1865,
1
Tally, George W.,
Private, .....
Private, Private, ..
March March 4, 1865,
Discharged. Discharged September 14, 1865. Deserted March 26, 1865.
Roster Unassigned Men.
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Mahaney, Wm. J.,
Private,
Feb. 24. 1865, 1
Feb. 27, 1865,
Martin, Thos. D.,
Private,
Mauger. Wm. H.,
Private,
Feb. 27, 1865,
Feb. 28, 1865,
Feb. 22, 1865,
1
1 1 1
.
Discharged July 14, 1865.
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Discharged. Discharged.
Private,
March 3, 1865,
Pottelger, John H.,
Feb. 23, 1865,
. Reed, James K., Relily, William H., Rickenbaugh, J. C .. Rohrour, Charles, Sands, George W.,
Private, Private,
Private, Private,
Discharged September 14, 1865.
Thomas, Henry, Thornton, · Preston, Tompkins, Edwin, 'Trostle, William, . .
Private,
Feb. 23, 1865,
1
1 1 1
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Montgomery, T. P., ..
Private,
Name.
Rank.
Date of muster.
Term, years.
Wagner, Jesse,
Private,
March
2, 1865.
1
Wagner, Reuben,
Private,
March
2, 1865,
1
Walburn, John C.,
Private,
Feb.
2. 1865,
1
Weaver, Casper,
Private,
March 25, 1865,
1
Not accounted for.
Weaver. Epb. W ..
Private.
March
3, 1865,
1
Weaver, Wm. L.,
Private,
March
6, 1865,
1
Died December 4, 1865, at Victoria, Texas.
Wennel,
George,
Private,
Feb. 28, 1865,
1
Willis, James A.,
Private,
Feb. 24, 1865,
1
York, John,
Private,
Feb.
2, 1565,
1 Deserted June 15, 1865.
Unassigned Men.
Baker, Andrew,
Private,
Jan. 31, 1865,
1
Barry, Edward F.,
Private,
Sept.
2. 1864.
1
Brooks, James,
Private,
Sept.
19, 1864,
1
Butler, Edward,
Private,
Jan.
31, 1865,
1
Cramer, Calvin, ..
Private,
March 9, 1865,
1
Cressinger, Thomas,
Private,
March 15, 1864,
Davis, Edward L.,
Private,
..
April 1, 1864,
3
Deutmeyer, Miles.
Private,
Feb. 14, 1865,
1
Durall, Thomas,
Private,
Feb. 29, 1864,
3
These men, with the two exceptions as noted below, are all unac- counted for.
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Seventy-seventh Pennsylvania Regiment.
New Company I.
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Fulkerson, H. L., Gibboney, Abm.,
Private,
Feb. 15, 1865, 1 3
Feb. 27, 1864,
1
Glasgow, James, . Green, James,
Private,
March 16, 1864,
8
. Private,
Sept. 20, 1864, 1
17 Haley, John, Harris, William, Hart, John,
Private,
March 13, 1865,
1
Private,
Feb. 29. 1864,
3
Kearney, Peter,
Private,
March 22, 1865,
1
Lindley, Lewis F.,
Private,
March 4, 1965,
1
Martin, John,
Private,
March 4, 1865,
1
Martin, John L.,
Private,
March 11, 1865,
1
McCloud, John,
Private,
Feb. 23, 1865,
1
McDonnough, Martin,
Private,
April 3, 1865,
1
McGilger, Peter.
Private,
Aug. 5, 1864,
3
McKlono, . Irwin C.,
Private,
Oct. 17, 1864,
1
Means, Jacob,
Private,
March 9, 1865, 1
Feb. 25, 1864, 3
9
Peters, Samuel T.
Private,
March 23, 1864, March 11, 1865,
1
Reese, John,
Private, . .
March 6, 1865,
1
Saner, Benj. C.,
Private,
March 6, 1865,
1
Sayboit, James,
Private,
·
March 9, 1865,
1
Sheaffer, Robert,
Private,
Feb. 24, 1864,
3 1
Shelan, John,
March 13, 1865,
1
Sherlin, Patrick,
Private,
.
March 13, 1865,
1
Siks, Isaac,
Private,
Feb. 24, 1864,
3 1
· Swank, Willlam,
Private,
March 8, 1865,
1
Toner, Edward,
Private,
March 6, 1865, Aug. 15, 1864,
1
Walker, Allen, Jr.,
Private,
March 14, 1865, Sept. 19, 1864,
1 1
Welsh, Robert,
Private,
March
8, 1865,
Private,
March 10, 1865,
1
Werner, August, . Whitehouse, George,
Private,
March 13, 1865,
1
Whitehouse, Sam.,
Private,
March 11, 1865,
1
251
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Roster Unassigned Men.
Died May 8, 1865.
Private,
March 8, 1865,
Private,
Private,
March 31, 1864,
8
Kervan, Henry,
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Neary, Michael,
Private,
·
Shallenberger, Jas.,
Private,
Private,
March 4, 1865,
Smith, John H.,
Private,
Turner, George,
Private,
1
Walters, George R.,
Private,
Discharged July 7, 1865.
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SHILOH,
BY
MAJOR DAVID W. REED.
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SHILOH CAMPAIGN AND BATTLE.
FIELD OF OPERATIONS.
0 N the 1st day of January, 1862, General Albert Sidney Johnston was in command of all the Confederate forces of Tennessee and Kentucky. His troops occupied a line of defense extending from Columbus, Ky., through Forts Henry and Donelson to Bowling Green, Ky., where General Johnston had his headquarters.
General H. W. Halleck at that date commanded the De- partment of the Missouri with headquarters at St. Louis, and General D. C. Buell commanded the Department of the Ohio with headquarters at Louisville, Ky. The Cumberland river formed the boundary separating the Departments of the Missouri and the Ohio.
Various plans had been canvassed by Generals Halleck and Buell, participated in by the general in chief, for an attack upon the Confederate line. General Halleck had asked to have General Buell's army transferred to him, or at least placed under his command, claiming that without such union and an army of at least 60,000 men under one commander, it would be impossible to break the well-established lines of General Johnston .*
Before such union could be effected, and before General . Halleck had received a reply to his request, General Grant asked for and received permission to attack the line at Fort Henry on the Tennessee river.i Assisted by the gunboat fleet of Commodore Foote, Grant captured Fort Henry on the sixth of February, and then moving upon Fort Donelson captured that place with 15,000 prisoners on the sixteenth. The loss of these forts broke General Johnston's line at its center and compelled him to evacuate Columbus and Bowling Green, abandon Tennessee and Kentucky to the Union army and seek a new line of defense on the Memphis and Charles- ton Railroad.
"No. 8 War Records, pp. 508-510. Reference to War Records will be given by serial numbers, 10 War Records being volume 10; 11 War Records being part 2 of volume 10. 11 Grant, p. 287.
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General Halleck was displeased with Grant because he sent a division of troops into Buell's department at Clarksville .; This displeasure was increased when he learned that General Grant had gone to Nashville for consultation with General Buell. Halleck directed the withdrawal of Smith's division from Clarksville, suspended General Grant from command, and ordered him to Fort Henry to await orders.§ He then placed General C. F. Smith in command of all the troops with orders to proceed up the Tennessee river and to make an effort to break the Confederate line on the Memphis and Charleston Railroad at some place near Florence .*
General Smith's advance reached Savannah, Tenn., March 13, 1862. Having determined to make that point his base of operations, he landed the troops that accompanied his ad- vance, and sent boats back for supplies and the remainder of his army.
General W. T. Sherman had organized a division of new troops while he was in command at Paducah. With these he was ordered to report to General Smith. He reached Savan- nah on the fourteenth of March and was ordered by General Smith to proceed up the river to some point near Eastport and from there make an attempt to break the Memphis and Charleston Railroad in the vicinity of Burnsville, Miss.t.
Previous to this time a gunboat fleet had passed up the Tennessee river as far as Florence. At Pittsburg Landing this fleet encountered a small force of Confederates consist- ing of the Eighteenth Louisiana Infantry, Gibson's battery of artillery, and some cavalry. The gunboats shelled the position and drove away the Confederates. A bursting shell set fire to and destroyed one of the three buildings at the land- ing. The fleet proceeded up the river to Florence and on its return landed a small party at Pittsburg Landing to investi- gate. This party found a dismounted 32-pounder gun on the river bluff, and about one mile out, a hospital containing sev- eral Confederate soldiers that had been wounded a few days before in the engagement with the fleet. Near the hospital
#Halleck's telegram to Cullum, March 1, 1862.
§11 War Records, p. 3.
*7 War Records, p. 674: 11 War Records, p. 6. 110 War Records, p. 22.
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a Confederate picket post stopped their advance and the party returned to the boats.
In the report made by the officer in command of this naval expedition is found the first mention of Pittsburg Landing, that little hamlet on the Tennessee river so soon to become historic.
When General Sherman's command was passing Pittsburg Landing, Lieutenant Gwin of the U. S. gunboat Tyler pointed out to General Sherman the position that had been occupied by the Confederate battery, and informed him that there was a good road from that point to Corinth. That it was, in fact, the landing place for all goods shipped by river to and from Corinth. General Sherman at once reported these facts to General Smith and asked that the place be occupied in force while the demonstration was being made against Burnsville. In compliance with this request, General Hurlbut's division was at once dispatched by boats to Pittsburg Landing.
General Sherman proceeded up the river and landed his di- vision at the mouth of Yellow creek, a few miles below East- port, and made an attempt to march to Burnsville. Heavy rains and high water compelled his return to the boats. Find- ing no other accessible landing place he dropped down to Pittsburg Landing. where he found Hurlbut's division on boats.
Sherman reported to General Smith that Eastport was oc- cupied in force by the Confederates, and that Pitsburg Land- ing was the first point below Eastport that was above water, so that a landing of troops could be made. He was directed to disembark his division and Hurlbut's and put them in camp far enough back to afford room for the other divisions of the army to encamp near the river.
On the sixteenth of March Sherman landed a part of his division. and accompanied by Colonel McPherson, of General Halleck's staff, marched out as far as Monterey, eleven miles, dispersing a Confederate cavalry camp. Returning to the river he spent two days in disembarking his troops and select- ing camps, and on the nineteenth moved out and put his troops into the positions to which he had assigned them. abont two and one-half miles from the landing.
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Seventy-seventh Pennsylvania Regiment.
Pittsburg Landing, on the left bank of the Tennessee river, eight miles above Savannah, was at that time simply a land- ing place for steamboats trading along the river. Its high bluff, at least eighty feet above the water at its highest flood, afforded a safe place for the deposits of products unloaded from, or to be loaded upon, the boats. From this landing a good ridge road ran southwesterly to Corinth, Miss., twenty- two miles away. One mile out from the river the Corinth road crossed another road running north and south parallel with the river, and connecting Savannah below with Ham- . burg, four miles above Pittsburg Landing. One quarter of a mile beyond this crossing the Corinth road forked, the part known as Eastern Corinth road running nearly south until it intersected the Bark road, three miles from the river.
The other, or main road, running due west from the fork, crossed the Hamburg and Purdy road two miles from the river, and then turning southwest, passed Shiloh Church just two and one-half miles from the river. At a point five miles out this main road intersected the Bark road at the southwest corner of what is now the lands of the Shiloh National Mili- tary Park. The Bark road, running nearly due east to Ham- burg, forms the southern boundary of the park.
On the south side of the Bark road ridge is Lick creek, which has its rise near Monterey, and empties into the Ten- nessee about two miles above Pittsburg Landing. North of the main Corinth road, and at an average of about one mile from it, is Owl creek, which flows northeasterly and empties into Snake creek at the point where the Savannah road crosses it. Snake creek empties into the Tennessee river about one mile below Pitsburg Landing.
All these streams flow through flat, muddy bottom lands and are in the spring of the year, practically impassable, and in April, 1862, could not be crossed except at two or three places where bridges were maintained. These streams there- fore formed an excellent protection against an attack upon either flank of an army encamped between them. The general surface of the land along the Corinth road is about on the · same level, but is cut up on either side by deep ravines and water courses leading into the creeks. In many of these ravines are running streams with the usual marshy margins.
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Field of Operations.
In 1862 this plateau was covered with open forest with fre- quent thick undergrowth and an occasional clearing of a few acres surrounding the farmhouse of the owner.
Sherman selected grounds for his division camps just be- hind a stream called Shiloh Branch, MIcDowell's brigade on the right, with his right on Owl creek at the bridge where the Hamburg and Purdy road crosses the creek. Buckland's brigade next in line to the left, with his left at Shiloh Church. Hildebrand's brigade to the left of the church. Stuart's bri- gade, detached from the others, to the extreme left of the line at the point where the Savannah and Hamburg and the Purdy and Hamburg roads unite just before they cross Lick creek.
Hurlbut's division formed its camp one mile in rear of Sherman's, near the crossing of the Corinth and the Ham- burg and Savannah roads.
On the eleventh day of March the Departments of the Mis- souri and the Ohio were consolidated under the name of the Department of the Mississippi, and Major General H. W. Hal- leck was assigned to the command, giving him from that date the control he had sought-of both armies then operating in Tennessee. General Smith, about the time of his arrival at Savannah, had received an injury to his leg while stepping from a gunboat into a yawl. This injury, apparently insigni- ficant at first, soon took such serious form that the General was obliged to relinquish command of the troops, and Gen- eral Grant was restored to duty and ordered by General Hal- leck to repair to Savannah and take command of the troops in that vicinity. Upon his arrival at Savannah, March seven- teen, General Grant found his army divided, a part on either side of the Tennessee river. He at once reported to General Halleck* the exact situation, and in answer was directed to "destroy the railroad connections at Corinth."f
To carry out this order General Grant transferred the re- mainder of his army, except a small garrison for Savannah, to the west side of the river, concentrating the First, Second, Fourth and Fifth divisions at Pittsburg Landing, and the Third at Crump's Landing, six miles below. General McCler- nand with the First division formed his camp in rear of Sher-
*11 War Records, p. 45.
+11 War Records, p. 46.
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man's right brigades. General W. H. L. Wallace, command- ing the Second division, encamped to the right of Hurlbut, be- tween Corinth road and Snake creek. A new division, the Sixth, just organized under General Prentiss out of new troops, went into camp as the regiments arrived between Hildebrand's and Stuart's brigades of Sherman's division, its center on the eastern Corinth road. General Lew. Wallace. commanding the Third Division, placed his first brigade at Crump's, his second brigade at Stony Lonesome, and his third brigade at Adamsville, five miles out on the Purdy road.
On March ten General Halleck wrote General Mcclellan: "I propose going to the Tennessee in a few days to take per- sonal command."; Pending his arrival at the front his orders to Smith, to. Sherman and to Grant were: "My instructions not to bring on an engagement must be strictly obeyed:"§ but when informed by General Grant that the contemplated attack upon Corinth would make a general engagement inev- .itable, Halleck at once ordered, "By all means keep your forces together until you connect with General Buell. Don't let the enemy draw you into an engagement now."|| To this General Grant replied: "All troops have been concentrated near Pittsburg Landing. No movement of troops will be made except to advance Sherman to Pea Ridge .** Sherman made a reconnoissance toward Pea Ridge, March twenty-four and drove some cavalry across Lick creek. He bivouacked at Chamber's plantation that night, and returned to camp next morning.
On the thirty-first, with two regiments of infantry, a section of artillery, and a company of cavalry, Sherman went up to Eastport. Finding the Confederate works there and at Chickasaw abandoned. he sent his scouts toward Inka. Con- federate cavalry was encountered, and the command returned to Pittsburg Landing.
The Army of the Tennessee, commanded by Major General U. S. Grant, was, on the 5th of April, 1862, composed of six divisions. The First, commanded by Major General John A. MeClernand; the Second, by Brigadier General W. H. L. Wal-
#11 War Records, p. 24.
§7 War Records. p. 674: 10 War Records. p. 25; 11 War Records, p. 41.
HWar Records, pp. 50, 51.
** War Records, p. 57.
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lace; the Third, by Major General Lew. Wallace; the Fourth, by Brigadier General S. A. Hurlbut; the Fifth, by Brigadier - General W. T. Sherman, and the Sixth, by Brigadier General . B. M. Prentiss. Generals McClernand, C. F. Smith and Lew. Wallace had been promoted Major Generals March 21, 1862. Official notice of such promotion was sent to General Grant by General Halleck from St. Louis April 5 .* Previous to this notice of promotion the order of rank of the brigadiers was as follows: Sherman, McClernand, Hurlbut, Prentiss, C. F. Smith, Lew. Wallace, W. H. L. Wallace. General Smith, until relieved by General Grant, March 17, was in command by order of General Mcclellan .;
The camps of Sherman and Prentiss formed the front line about two and one-half miles from Pittsburg Landing and ex- tended in a semicircle from Owl creek on the right to Lick creek on the left. One company from each regiment was ad- vanced as a picket one mile in front of regimental camps.
By the official returns of April 5, 1862, there were, in the five divisions of the Army of the Tennessee at Pittsburg Land- ing, present for duty, infantry, artillery and cavalry, officers and men, 39,830; in the Third Division, at Crump's. Landing, present for duty, officers and men, 7,504.
On the evening of the fifth the advance of General Buell's army arrived at Savannah, and in one day more would have · united with the Army of the Tennessee, ready for the advance on Corinth, as contemplated and announced in General Hal- leck's programme.
When General Johnston withdrew his army from Kentucky and Tennessee, after the fall of Fort Donelson, he established his new line of operations along the Memphis and Charleston Railroad with his right at Chattanooga and his left on the Mississippi at Fort Pillow. On this line he was re-inforced by Generals Polk and Beauregard from Columbus and West Tennessee, and by General Bragg from Pensacola and Mobile, and had ordered Van Dorn, from Little Rock, Ark., to report with his army at Corinth, Miss. As early as March nine, Gen- eral Ruggles was placed in command at Corinth and was or- dered to put his troops in marching order and to commence a line of intrenchments around the town.
*War Records, p. 94.
+11 War Records, p. 82.
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On the twenty-ninth of March General Johnston issued a general order consolidating the armies of Kentucky and Mis- sissippi, and some independent commands, into the "Army of the Mississippi" of which he assumed the command, nam- ing General G. T. Beauregard as second in command and Major General Braxton Bragg as chief of staff. Subsequently he organized his army into four corps. The First Corps com- manded by Major General Leonidas Polk; the Second Corps commanded by Major General Braxton Bragg; the Third Corps commanded by Major General W. J. Hardee, and the Reserve Corps commanded by Brigadier General J. C. Breck- inridge.
One division of the First Corps, Cheatham's, was at Bethel and Purdy; a brigade of the Second Corps was at Monterey; · the Reserve Corps at Burnsville; the cavalry nearer the Union lines. All other troops concentrated at Corinth.
General Johnston had been depressed by the censure of the Southern press, and as late as March eighteen offered to re- linquish the command of the army to General Beauregard. Reassured by expressions of confidence by Mr. Davis, he re- solved to retain command and, if possible, to regain the con- fidence of the people by taking the offensive and attacking Grant's army at Pittsburg Landing, hoping to defeat that army before it could be re-inforced by General Buell. .
Hearing that General Buell was nearing Savannah, General . Johnston determined to attack at once, without waiting the . arrival of Van Dorn. Accordingly, on the third of April he issued orders for the forward movement, directing his army to move by the several roads and concentrate at Mickey's, eight miles from Pittsburg Landing, so as to be ready to at- tack at sunrise on the morning of the fifth. Heavy rains. bad roads, and the delays incident to marching Jarge columns with wagon trains and artillery over muddy roads, prevented . the assembly of the army at Mickey's until nearly night of the fifth. It was then determined to delay the attack until day- light next morning.
The aggregate present for duty, officers and men of the Con- federate army, infantry, artillery and cavalry, assembled at Mickey's April 5, 1862, as shown by official reports, was 43,96S.
This army General Johnston put in line of battle and
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bivouacked Saturday night in the following order: Major Gen- eral Hardee's corps on the first or advanced line, with Cle- burne's brigade on the left, its left flank at Widow Howell's, near Winningham creek. Wood's brigade next to the right, with his right on the main Pittsburg and Corinth road, and just in rear of the Wood's field. Shaver's brigade on right of Pittsburg and Corinth road, extending the line nearly to Bark road. As Hardee's line thus deployed did not occupy all the space to Lick creek, as desired, Gladden's brigade from Wither's division of Second corps was added to Hardee's right. extending the line across Bark road.
Major General Bragg's corps was deployed eight hundred vards in rear of the first line, with Ruggle's division on the left and Wither's division on the right. in the following order of brigades from left to right: Pond, Anderson. Gibson, Jack- son and Chalmers. This second line overlapped the first and extended beyond Hardee's on both flanks, Jackson's left flank resting on the Bark road.
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