49th Ohio Volunteer Regiment at the Battle of Shiloh

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49th Ohio Volunteer Regiment participated in the April 7th day of the Battle of Shiloh:

On March 16th, it moved with Don Carlos Buell’s army to join Grant’s forces at Pittsburg Landing, arriving there on April 6th after the first day’s fighting at Shiloh. The next day, the 49th went into battle at eleven o’clock with its brigade, commanded by Colonel Gibson. The position of the regiment was on the left of the brigade, connecting on the right with Crittenden’s division. Maintaining this position under hot fire until four o’clock in the afternoon the regiment, with the enemy in full retreat, stacked its arms and lay down to rest. During the battle the regiment twice performed the hazardous movement of changing fronts under fire.

This is a photo of the 49th Ohio Volunteer Regiment Monument at Shiloh
 

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