Authors: Winston Groom
Shiloh, 1862 (56 page)
Col. Wm. B. Hazen, 41st Ohio, commanding
Lieut. Robt. L. Kimberly, acting assistant adjutant-general
Lieut. Chas. D. Gaylord, aid-de-camp
Lieut. Wm. M. Beebe, Jr., aid-de-camp
Twenty-second Brigade
Col. Sanders D. Bruce, 20th Kentucky, commanding
Lieut. S. T. Corn, acting assistant adjutant-general
Lieut. Wickliffe Cooper, aid-de-camp
FIFTH DIVISION
Brig. Gen. Thos. L. Crittenden, commanding
Capt. Lyne Starling, assistant adjutant-general
Lieut. Louis M. Buford, aid-de-camp
Surg. Middleton Goldsmith, Medical Director
Eleventh Brigade
Brig. Gen. J. T. Boyle, commanding
Capt. John Boyle, assistant adjutant-general
Lieut. H. Q. Hughes, aid-de-camp
Lieut. H. T. Liggett, aid-de-camp
Lieut. John T. Farris, acting assistant quartermaster
Fourteenth Brigade
Col. Wm. Sooy Smith, 13th Ohio, commanding
Lieut. Frank J. Jones, 13th Ohio, acting assistant adjutant-general
Lieut. R. E. Hackett, 26th Kentucky, aid-de-camp
SIXTH DIVISION
Brig. Gen. Thos. J. Wood, commanding
Capt. Wm. H. Schalter, assistant adjutant-general
Capt. Geo. W. Lennard, 36th Indiana, aid-de-camp
Capt. Fred A. Clark, 29th Indiana, aid-de-camp
Lieut. Col. Isaac Gass, 64th Ohio, inspector-general
Lieut. Clark S. Gregg, 65th Ohio, acting commissary of subsistence
Lieut. Frank B. Hunt, 65th Ohio, ordnance officer
Lieut. John C. Martin, 21st Ohio, signal officer
Surg. Francis B. Mussy, Medical Director
Twentieth Brigade
Brig. Gen. James A. Garfield, commanding
Twenty-first Brigade
Col. Geo. D. Wagner, 15th Indiana, commanding
CONFEDERATE ARMY
Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston, (killed) commanding
Maj. Gen. Braxton Bragg, Chief of Staff
Capt. H. P. Brewster, assistant adjutant-general
Capt. N. Wickliffe, assistant adjutant-general
Lieut. George Baylor, aid-de-camp
Lieut. Thomas M. Jack, aid-de-camp
Governor Isham G. Harris, volunteer aid
Col. Wm. Preston, volunteer aid
Maj. D. M. Hayden, volunteer aid
Dr. E. W. Munford, volunteer aid
Calhoun Benham, volunteer aid
Capt. Theodore O’Hara, assistant inspector-general
Maj. Albert J. Smith, assistant quartermaster
Capt. W. L. Wickham, assistant quartermaster
Col. J. F. Gilmer, (wounded) Chief Engineer
Surg D. W. Yandell, Medical Director
Gen. G. T. BEAUREGARD, second in command, commanding, Monday
Col. Thomas Jordan, assistant adjutant-general
Lieut. John W. Otey, assistant adjutant-general
Lieut. Col. S. W. Ferguson, aid-de-camp
Brig. Gen. James Trudeau, volunteer aid
Capt. W. W. Porter, volunteer aid
Maj. Geo. W. Brent, assistant inspector-general
Col. R. B. Lee, Chief of Subsistence
Capt. Clifton H. Smith, assistant adjutant-general
Col. Jacob Thompson, volunteer aid
Maj. Numa Augustine, volunteer aid
Maj. H. E. Peyton, volunteer aid
Capt. Albert Ferry, volunteer aid
Capt. B. B. Waddell, volunteer aid
Capt. E. H. Cummins, Signal Officer
FIRST CORPS
Maj. Gen. Leonidas Polk, commanding
Maj. Geo. Williamson, (wounded) assistant adjutant-general
Lieut. W. B. Richmond, aid-de-camp
Lieut. A. H. Polk, aid-de-camp
Lieut. P. B. Spence, aid-de-camp
Lieut. John Rawle, aid-de-camp
Lieut. John S. Lanier, aid-de-camp
Lieut. Col. E. D. Blake, assistant inspector-general
Maj. Smith P. Bankhead, Chief of Artillery
Capt. J. T. Champney, Chief of Ordnance
Maj. Thomas Peters, assistant quartermaster
Surg W. D. Lyles, Medical Director
Lieut. W. M. Porter, volunteer aid
FIRST DIVISION
Brig. Gen. Charles Clark, (wounded) commanding
Capt. W. H. McCardle, assistant adjutant-general
Lieut. Wm. Yerger, Jr., aid-de-camp
Maj. W. H. Haynes, (wounded) acting commissary of subsistence
James E. McClure, assistant quartermaster
Maj. Howell Hinds, assistant adjutant-general, Army of Potomac, volunteer aid
Maj. W. M. Inge, assistant adjutant-general, Army of Potomac, volunteer aid
Capt. John A. Buckner, 8th Kentucky, volunteer aid
First Brigade
Col. R. M. Russell, 12th Tennessee, commanding
Second Brigade
Brig. Gen. A. P. Stewart, commanding
Capt. Thomas W. Preston, (killed) assistant adjutant-general
Lieut. N. Green, Jr., aid-de-camp
Col. W. B. Ross, volunteer aid
Mr. Joseph D. Cross, volunteer aid
SECOND DIVISION
Maj. Gen. B. F. Cheatham, (wounded) commanding
Maj. James D. Porter, assistant adjutant-general
Capt. F. H. McNairy, aid-de-camp
Capt. T. F. Henry, aid-de-camp
A. L. Robertson, aid-de-camp
John Campbell, (killed) aid-de-camp
Judge Archibald Wright, volunteer aid
Col. Edward Pickett, Jr., 21st Tennessee, volunteer aid
Capt. Wm. Roundtree, volunteer aid
First Brigade
Brig. Gen. B. R. Johnson, (wounded) commanding
Maj. G. G. Rogers, assistant adjutant-general
Capt. Wm. T. Blakemore, aid-de-camp
Capt. D. L. Moore, volunteer aid
Capt. John H. Anderson, (wounded) 10th Tennessee, volunteer aid
Second Brigade
Col. Wm. H. Stephens, 6th Tennessee, commanding
Lieut. Isaac M. Jackson, (mortally wounded) assistant adjutant-general
Wm. D. Stephens, (wounded) aid-de-camp
Thos. A. Henderson, (wounded) aid-de-camp
Capt. A. L. Swingley, volunteer aid
SECOND ARMY CORPS
Maj. Gen. Braxton Bragg, commanding
Maj. George G. Garner, assistant adjutant-general
Capt. H. W. Walter, assistant adjutant-general
Capt. G. B. Cooke, assistant adjutant-general
Lieut. Towson Ellis, aid-de-camp
Lieut. F. S. Parker, aid-de-camp
Lieut. Col. F. Gardner, C. S. Army, assistant inspector-general
Lieut. Col. W. K. Beard, (wounded) Florida Volunteers, assisant inspector-general
Capt. S. H. Lockett, Chief Engineer
Maj. J. H. Hallonquist, Chief of Artillery
Capt. W. O. Williams, assistant chief of artillery
Capt. H. Oladowski, Chief of Ordnance
Maj. J. J. Walker, Chief of Subsistence
Maj. L. F. Johnston, Chief Quartermaster
Maj. O. P. Chaffee, assistant quartermaster
Surg. A. J. Foard, Medical Director
Surg. J. C. Nott, Medical Inspector
Lieut. Col. David Urquhart, volunteer aid
FIRST DIVISION
Brig. Gen. Daniel Ruggles, commanding
Capt. Roy M. Hooe, assistant adjutant-general
Lieut. M. B. Ruggles, aid-de-camp
Maj. E. S. Ruggles, (wounded) volunteer aid
Capt. G. M. Beck, volunteer aid
Col. S. S. Heard, 17th Louisiana, volunteer aid
Maj. J. H. Hallonquist, Chief of Artillery
Maj. John Claiborne, Chief Quartermaster
Lieut. L. D. Sandidge, assistant inspector-general
Surg. F. M. Hereford, (wounded) Medical Director
Dr. S. S. Sandidge, volunteer surgeon
First Brigade
Col. Randall L. Gibson, 13th Louisiana, commanding
Lieut. Benjamin King, (killed) aid-de-camp
Lieut. H. H. Bein, acting assistant adjutant-general
Mr. Robert Pugh, aid-de-camp
Second Brigade
Brig. Gen. Patton Anderson, commanding
Capt. William G. Barth, assistant adjutant-general
Lieut. Wm. M. Davidson, aid-de-camp
Lieut. John W. James, 5th Georgia, aid-de-camp
Capt. Henry D. Bulkley, acting commissary of subsistence
Capt. John T. Sibley, assistant quartermaster
Surg. C. B. Gamble, Medical Director
Lieut. Wm. McR. Jordan, (wounded) 1st Florida, aid-de-camp
Third Brigade
Col. Preston Pond, Jr. commanding
Lieut. O. O. Cobb, assistant adjutant-general
SECOND DIVISION
Brig. Gen. Jones M. Withers, commanding
Capt. D. E. Huger, assistant adjutant-general
Lieut. D. F. Withers, aid-de-camp
Lieut. B. M. Thomas, assistant inspector-general
R. W. Withers, volunteer aid
S. B. Howe, volunteer aid
Wm. Williamson, volunteer aid
L. E. Smith, volunteer aid
First Brigade
Brig. Gen. A. H. Gladden, (mortally wounded) commanding
Maj. C. D. Anderson, acting assistant adjutant-general
Adjt. Adolph Kent, 1st Louisiana, aid-de-camp
Adjt. John Stout, 25th Alabama, aid-de-camp
Adjt. Elias F. Travis, 22d Alabama, aid-de-camp
Sergt. Maj. ——— Nott, 22d Alabama, aid-de-camp
Second Brigade
Brig. Gen. James R. Chalmers, commanding
Capt. Henry Craft, assistant adjutant-general
Lieut. Geo. T. Banks, aid-de-camp
Lieut. W. T. Stricklin, 3d Mississippi, assistant inspector-general
Capt. R. S. Crumps, acting commissary of subsistence
Lieut. M. M. Shelley, volunteer aid
Mr. James Barr, volunteer aid
Third Brigade
Brig. Gen. John K. Jackson, commanding
Capt. J. B. Cummings, assistant adjutant-general
THIRD ARMY CORPS
Maj. Gen. Wm. J. Hardee, (wounded) commanding
Maj. W. D. Pickett, assistant adjutant-general
Lieut. Thomas W. Hunt, (wounded) aid-de-camp
Capt. William Clare, (wounded) aid-de-camp
Lieut. ——— Wilson, aid-de-camp
Capt. A. W. Clarkson, aid-de-camp
Maj. F. A. Shoup, Chief of Artillery
Lieut. Wm. Kearney, assistant inspector-general
Maj. L. O. Bridewell, Chief Quartermaster
Maj. W. E. Moore, Chief Commissary
Surg. G. W. Lawrence, Medical Director
Col. S. H. Perkins, volunteer aid
First Brigade
Col. R. G. SHAVER, 7th Arkansas, commanding
Second Brigade
Brig. Gen. P. R. Cleburne, commanding
Maj. J. K. Dixon, assistant adjutant and inspector-general
Third Brigade
Brig. Gen. S. A. M. Wood, (wounded) commanding
Lieut. Linus A. McClung, assistant adjutant-general
Lieut. H. C. Wood, aid-de-camp
Capt. Wm. Clare, (wounded) volunteer aid
Capt. Joshua Sledge, (wounded) volunteer aid
Capt. J. H. Coleman, volunteer aid
Mr. Frank Foster, volunteer aid
Lieut. S. Church, acting commissary of subsistence
RESERVE CORPS
Brig. Gen. John C. Breckinridge, commanding
First Brigade
Col. Robt. P. Trabue, 4th Kentucky, commanding
Joseph L. Robertson, assistant adjutant-general
Capt. Samuel Gray, volunteer aid
John Hooe, volunteer aid
Thomas B. Darragh, volunteer aid
Robt. W. McKee, volunteer aid
Charlton Morgan, (wounded) volunteer aid
Charles J. Maston, volunteer aid
Second Brigade
Brig. Gen. John S. Bowen, (wounded) commanding
Third Brigade
Col. Winfield S. Statham, 15th Mississippi, commanding.
Source: 1913 Report of the Shiloh National Military
Park Commission
Winston Groom
is the author of 15 previous books, including
Vicksburg, 1863; Kearny’s March; Patriotic Fire; Shrouds of Glory; Forrest Gump;
and
Conversations with the Enemy
(with Duncan Spencer), which was a Pulitzer Prize finalist. He lives with his wife and daughter in Point Clear, Alabama.
Western Theater of Operations, January-December, 1862
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The Civil War at a Glance
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Daniel, Larry J. Shiloh:
The Battle That Changed the Civil War
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Department of Military Art and Engineering, United States Military Academy, Brigadier General Vincent J. Esposito, comps. and eds.
The West Point Atlas of American Wars, Volume 1, 1689–1900
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National Park Service. History E-Library. Civil War Series: The Battle of Shiloh. Available online at
http://www.nps.gov/history/history/online_books/civil_war_series/22/sec1.htm
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Sneden, Robert Knox. Map, Battle of Pittsburg Landing or Shiloh: April 6th and 7th 1862. Available online at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.ndlpcoop/gvhs01.vhs00314. Accessed December 2011.
———. Map showing position of Union Army at Pittsburg Landing before and after the battle 6th and 7th April 1862. Available online at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.ndlpcoop/gvhs01.vhs00086. Accessed December 2011.