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Battery E, 1st Illinois Light Artillery Regiment was an artillery battery that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War. It played a minor but noteworthy role in the Battle of Shiloh , and was mentioned in General William T. Sherman 's after-action report on the battle.
2nd Illinois Cavalry (Company A): Cpt John R. Hotaling; 2nd Illinois Cavalry (Company B): Cpt Thomas J. Larison; Battery A, 1st Illinois Light Artillery (4 6 lb SB, 2 12 lb how): Lt Peter P. Wood K-4, W-26; Battery D, 1st Missouri Light Artillery (4 20 lb Parrott R): Cpt Henry Richardson K-0, W-6
After Shiloh, General Halleck took the field personally and gathered a 120,000-man army at Pittsburg Landing, including Grant's Army of the Tennessee, Buell's Army of the Ohio, and John Pope's Army of the Mississippi. Halleck assigned Grant the role of second-in-command, with others in direct command of his divisions.
Chanute Air Force Base, Rantoul, Illinois (closed in 1993) Hanna City Air Force Station , Hanna City, Illinois (closed in 1968; now site of an FAA Long Range Radar ) Scott Air Force Base , Shiloh, Illinois
On the second Day of battle at Shiloh, General Grant took direct command of the 14th and 15th Illinois in the counter attack against P.G.T. Beauregard. After the engagement, General Grant directed that the 14th and 15th Illinois volunteer regiments would remain together for the duration of the Civil War.
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Under the command of J. W. Powell, Battery F fought at the Battle of Shiloh on 6–7 April as an unassigned unit in the Army of the Tennessee under the command of Brigadier General Ulysses S. Grant. [7] The unit went into action equipped with six M1841 6-pounder field guns. By 6:00 pm on the first day, the battery lost two guns and 29 horses. [8]
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