DLCO
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- Joined
- May 24, 2020
- Location
- Cozumel Mexico
This photo is that of the Illinois 2nd Light Artillery Battery B (Madison's Battery) after the battle of Shiloh.
The handwritten text reads "Madisons Battery as it appeared after the battle Shiloh"
My great grandfather, James Thomas Anson, was part of this battery. He was mustered out as Sgt. in 1865. He died 28 Jan 1926 in Denver, Colorado
I think this photo may have been given to members of the Auxiliary Association of Survivors of the Battle of Shiloh after the war.
An excerpt from a letter written by Auxiliary Association of Survivors of the Battle of Shiloh upon the death of James T Anson as an In Memoriam letter, states,
"Enlisting as a private March 21, 1862 in Battery "B" 2nd Illinois L.A.; his battery was immediately assigned to the Army of the Tennessee and accompanied General Grant's army to Pittsburg Landing just prior to the great battle of Shiloh from which this assocition (sic) derived it's name.
The battery was selected to man the four 20-pound Napoleon guns - commonly known as siege-guns, which were place by Colonel Webster as a nucleus for the last and only strong, unflankable line of defence (sic) extending from the landing west at 3 0'clock P.M. where it did effective service, turning the tide of battle, giving a Union victory to our arms."
The handwritten text reads "Madisons Battery as it appeared after the battle Shiloh"
My great grandfather, James Thomas Anson, was part of this battery. He was mustered out as Sgt. in 1865. He died 28 Jan 1926 in Denver, Colorado
I think this photo may have been given to members of the Auxiliary Association of Survivors of the Battle of Shiloh after the war.
An excerpt from a letter written by Auxiliary Association of Survivors of the Battle of Shiloh upon the death of James T Anson as an In Memoriam letter, states,
"Enlisting as a private March 21, 1862 in Battery "B" 2nd Illinois L.A.; his battery was immediately assigned to the Army of the Tennessee and accompanied General Grant's army to Pittsburg Landing just prior to the great battle of Shiloh from which this assocition (sic) derived it's name.
The battery was selected to man the four 20-pound Napoleon guns - commonly known as siege-guns, which were place by Colonel Webster as a nucleus for the last and only strong, unflankable line of defence (sic) extending from the landing west at 3 0'clock P.M. where it did effective service, turning the tide of battle, giving a Union victory to our arms."