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| 3:00
a.m. | 250 man
patrol from 25th Missouri and 12th Michigan advances from
Peabody's (of Prentiss) camp. |
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Col.Everett Peabody
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| 4:55
a.m. | Patrol
fired on by Confederate cavalry near Seay Field. Skirmish
fight begins. |
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| 6:00
a.m. | Patrol
discovers Hardee's main line of battle, begins to
withdraw. |
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Maj. Gen. W. J. Hardee
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| 7:00
a.m. | Sherman
fired on (slightly wounded) in camp of 53rd Ohio by
Cleburne's brigade. |
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Brig. Gen. William T. Sherman
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| 7:00
- 9:30 a.m. | Cleburne,
Anderson, Russell each attack Sherman's line at Shiloh
Church in turn, and are repulsed. |
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Brig. Gen. Patrick Cleburne
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| 7:15
a.m. | Sound of
cannon fire reaches Grant's headquarters at Savannah.
Grant orders Nelson's division of Buell's Army of the
Ohio to march south along the east bank of the river to
opposite Pittsburg Landing, then boards the steamer Tigress
for the front. |
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Brig. Gen. U.S. Grant
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| 7:30
a.m. | Hurlbut
receives message from Sherman asking for support.
Veatch's brigade is dispatched. |
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| 7:30--8:00 a.m. | Wood,
Shaver, Gladden, and Chalmers engage Prentiss in front of
his camps. |
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| 8:00
a.m. | Grant
speaks with Lew Wallace at Crump's Landing. Raith (of McClernand) moves to
support Sherman's left.
Hurlbut's other two
brigades (Lauman and Williams), plus artillery, move to
Prentiss's support.
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Brig. Gen. Lew Wallace
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| 8:45
a.m. | Peabody
killed during the defense of his brigade camps. |
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Col.Everett Peabody
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| 9:00
a.m. | Prentiss
defeated in front of his camps; begins to withdraw. Hurlbut begins to form line in
Sarah Bell's cotton field, in front of the Peach Orchard.
Tuttle and Sweeny (of
W.H.L. Wallace) form along Sunken Road near the Duncan
Field.
Grant arrives at
Pittsburg Landing; sends Capt. A.S. Baxter with orders
for Lew Wallace to march to the Landing, and sends a
message to Nelson to "hurry up" his troops
"as fast as possible."
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| Brig. Gen. Benjamin Prentiss
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| 9:30-10:00
a.m. |
Five
brigades (Wood, Shaver, Stewart, Gibson, Stephens)
shifted left to attack Raith (of McClernand), who is in
position on Sherman's left. Two brigades (Chalmers and
Jackson) dispatched to the right to deal with Stuart's
(of Sherman) brigade, posted near the river.
Bushrod Johnson's brigade,
supported by Anderson and Russell, attacks Hildebrand (of
Sherman) in Rhea Field, carrying the position.
Hildebrand's brigade collapses.
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| 10:00
a.m. | Prentiss's
survivors file into line between Wallace and Hurlbut,
along the Sunken Road. Sherman withdraws to the
Hamburg-Purdy Road, where he is joined by McClernand's
division.
Williams and Lauman (of
Hurlbut) are attacked by Adams (Gladden), Jackson, and
Chalmers in the Sarah Bell cotton field. The
Confederates, after a brief fight, are withdrawn to
confront Stuart's brigade in their right rear.
Bowen and Statham are
committed to the right; Trabue to the left.
Grant sends courier to
order Lew Wallace to march to the battle.
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| Brig. Gen. Benjamin Prentiss
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| 10:30
a.m. | McArthur
(of W.H.L. Wallace) joins Hurlbut's line on the left. Cheatham leads Stephens's brigade
in the first assault on the Sunken Road position, across
Duncan Field.
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| 10:30-11:30
a.m. |
Sherman
and McClernand are attacked along the Hamburg-Purdy Road
by roughly two-thirds of the Confederate army and driven
1,300 yards northward to Jones Field.
Chalmers and Jackson attack and
defeat Stuart's lone brigade along the river.
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| 11:30
a.m. |
Sherman
and McClernand counterattack south from Jones Field;
after initial success, they are repulsed and fall back by
about 1:00 p.m.
Capt.
Baxter finds Lew Wallace and delivers Grant's orders to
march to Pittsburg Landing.
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| 12:00
noon | A.P.
Stewart leads a mixed brigade against the right of the
Sunken Road position and is repulsed. |
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Brig. Gen. A.P. Stewart
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| 12:00--2:00
p.m. | Maj. Gen. Braxton Bragg
orders Randall Gibson's brigade to make four separate
unsupported attacks on the center of the Sunken Road
position, which becomes known as the Hornet's Nest. |
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Maj. Gen. Braxton Bragg
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| 12:30
p.m. | Grant
returns to Pittsburg Landing after meeting with division
commanders along the front. |
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| 1:30
p.m. | Nelson's
division of the Army of the Ohio, having been briefly
detained by Buell, begins his march down the river to
Pittsburg Landing. |
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Brig. Gen. William Nelson
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| 2:00
p.m. | Gen. A. S.
Johnston leads Statham's brigade in an attack on the
Peach Orchard position. |
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Gen. A.S. Johnston
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| 2:30
p.m. | Tennessee
Gov. Isham Harris, a volunteer aide on Johnston's staff,
finds the general reeling in his saddle. U.S. Grant instructs his chief of
artillery, Col. Joseph D. Webster, to begin establishing
a defense line in front of Pittsburg Landing.
Grant also sends aides
McPherson and Rawlins to find Lew Wallace and his
division.
Bragg orders Shaver's
brigade to attack the Sunken Road; the attack fails.
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Gov. Isham Harris
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| 2:45
p.m. | Johnston
dies in a ravine southeast of the Peach Orchard. Beauregard assumes command of the Confederate army.
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Gen. A.S. Johnston
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| 3:00
p.m. | Sherman
and McClernand withdraw across Tilghman Branch. |
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| 3:00--4:00 p.m. | Beauregard
shifts Confederate strength from the left to the right to
crush the Hornet's Nest-Sunken Road-Peach Orchard
position. |
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Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard
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| 3:00--4:30
p.m. | Confederate
Brig. Gen. Daniel Ruggles assembles 53 cannon opposite
the right (C.S. left) of the Sunken Road position. |
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| 3:30
p.m. | Patton
Anderson attacks the Sunken Road position. This is the
eighth single brigade attack that is made between 10:30
a.m. and 3:30 p.m.; all fail. |
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Brig. Gen. Patton Anderson
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| 4:00
p.m. | Hurlbut
withdraws from left of Peach Orchard position.
Confederates do not pursue. |
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| 4:30
p.m. | "Ruggles's
battery" opens fire. |
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| 5:00
p.m. | Hurlbut
takes up new position just north of the Dill Branch
ravine. Under
pressure from 14 of the 16 Confederate brigades on the
field, Prentiss and W.H.L. Wallace issue orders to
withdraw from the Hornet's Nest. Confusion reigns in
"Hell's Hollow" as fleeing units lose all
organization in the attempt to flee. W.H.L. Wallace shot,
left for dead.
Nelson's division of
Buell's Army of the Ohio arrives opposite Pittsburg
Landing.
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| 5:30
p.m. |
Confederate
left and right wings join at the junction of the
Hamburg-Savannah and Corinth roads, behind the Hornet's
Nest.
Prentiss
surrenders in the Hornet's Nest. Approximately 2,300
Federals are taken prisoner.
Approximately 20,000
Federal troops man "Grant's Last Line."
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| 6:00
p.m. | Part of
Ammen's brigade (of Nelson) forms on the left of
"Grant's Last Line." Chalmers and Jackson attempt to
charge across Dill Branch to attack Federal position, but
are repulsed.
Beauregard sends orders
to suspend the attack and withdraw to the Federal camps
for the night.
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Col. Jacob Ammen
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| 7:15
p.m. | Lew
Wallace arrives with Grant's missing division, forms on
the Federal right. |
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Brig. Gen. Lew Wallace
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| 7:30
p.m. | Ammen's
brigade (of Nelson) completes its crossing of the river. |
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| 9:00
p.m. | Nelson's
division completes its crossing of the river. |
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| 10:00
p.m. | Rain
begins to fall. |
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| 1:00
a.m. | Crittenden's
division completes its crossing of the river. Buell's
remaining division, under McCook, arrives throughout the
night. |
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