11-10-21

[Trivia Master]

Who were the four division commanders of the Army of the Ohio at the beginning of the Battle of Pittsburg Landing?

credit: @hughes

 

[Brenal]

Alexander McDowell McCook
William "Bull" Nelson
Thomas Leonadis Crittenden
Thomas John Wood

 

[bayouace]

Alexander McCook
William Nelson
Thomas Crittenden
Thomas Wood

 

[DBF]

The 18,000 men of the Army of the Ohio were commanded by these four division commanders: 2nd Division Brigadier General Alexander M. McCook; 4th Division Brigadier General William "Bull" Nelson; 5th Division Brigadier General Thomas L. Crittenden; 6th Division Brigadier General Thomas J. Wood
https://www.armyupress.army.mil/Portals/7/educational-services/staff-rides/StaffRideHB_Shiloh.pdf (Page 9)

 

[ErnieMac]

Who were the four division commanders of the Army of the Ohio at the beginning of the Battle of Pittsburg Landing?

1. BG Alexander M. McCook
2. BG William "Bull" Nelson
3. BG Thomas L. Crittenden
4. BG Thomas J. Wood

Battle of Shiloh order of battle: Union - Wikipedia

en.wikipedia.org

 

[kholland]

Army of the Ohio:
The divisions of:
Brigadier General Alexander M. McCook
Brigadier General Thomas L. Crittenden
Brigadier General William Nelson
Brigadier General Thomas J. Wood

 

[gentlemanrob]

• 2nd Division (Brig. Gen. Alexander M. McCook): 3 brigades
• 4th Division (Brig. Gen. William "Bull" Nelson): 3 brigades
• 5th Division (Brig. Gen. Thomas L. Crittenden): 2 brigades
• 6th Division (Brig. Gen. Thomas J. Wood): 2 brigades

 

[streetwiseprof]

Alexander McCook, William Nelson, Thomas Crittenden, and Thomas Wood.

 

[Ole Miss]

1) 2nd​ Division Alexander McDowell McCook
2) 4th​ Division William Nelson
3) 5th​ Division Thomas Crittienden
4) 6th​ Division Thomas J. Wood
Regards
David

 

[WJC]

Who were the four division commanders of the Army of the Ohio at the beginning of the Battle of Pittsburg Landing?

credit: @hughes

1. Brigadier General Alexander M. McCook (1813-1903), Second Division;
2. Brigadier General William Nelson (1824-1862), Fourth Division;
3. Brigadier General Thomas L. Crittenden (1819-1893), Fifth Division;
4. Brigadier General Thomas J. Wood (1823-1906), Sixth Division.
Source: "Shiloh Union order of battle", Wikipedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shiloh_Union_order_of_battle#Army_of_the_Ohio

 

[sarladaise]

BG Alexander McD McCook - 2nd Division
BG William Nelson - 4th Division
BG Thomas L. Crittenden - 5th Division

BG Thomas J. Wood's 6th Division was not present at the "beginning of the battle", arrived on April 7, 1862

 

[JOHN42768]

On April 6th at the beginning of the battle then the answer would be none present until the 7th. (In case the wording is a catch)
If you are considering that on April 7th was the beginning of the battle then
The portion of Maj. Gen. Don Carlos Buell's Army of the Ohio that was engaged in the battle consisted of four divisions:

• 2nd Division (Brig. Gen. Alexander M. McCook): 3 brigades
• 4th Division (Brig. Gen. William "Bull" Nelson): 3 brigades
• 5th Division (Brig. Gen. Thomas L. Crittenden): 2 brigades
• 6th Division (Brig. Gen. Thomas J. Wood): 2 brigades

 

[Pollaco]

How did you do on today's trivia? I'm a puzzled,Thomas Wood wasn't present was he? But that's not how the question was worded. He was still the division commander at the beginning of Shiloh present or not.

Edit - As you noted, there were four division commanders in the Army of the Ohio and the question didn't ask which ones of them were present, only who the division commanders were.

Everybody who responded to this question got all four correct.

hoosier

 

[Gibbon]

BG Alexander M McCook 2Div
BG William Nelson 4 Div
BG Thomas Crittenden 5Div
BG Thomas J Wood 6Div

 

[Reconstructed Rebel]

Alexander McCook
William Nelson
Thomas Crittenden
Thomas Wood

 

[sarladaise]

Clarifying my former answer:
BG Thomas J. Wood, 6th Division was, of course, one of the four division commanders of the Army of the Ohio at Shiloh

 

[hoosier]

Alexander McCook, William Nelson, Thomas Crittenden, and Thomas Wood

 

[Pollaco]

Alexander M. McCook
William "Bull" Nelson
Thomas L. Crittenden
Thomas J. Wood

 

[ami]

ANSWER: ALEXANDER McCOOK
WILLIAM NELSON
THOMAS CRITTENDEN
THOMAS WOOD
SOURCE: SHILOH and the WESTERN CAMPAIGN of 1862; O. Edward Cunningham