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Title: Iowa and the rebellion. A history of the troops furnished by the state of Iowa to the volunteer armies of the Union, which conquered the great Southern Rebellion of 1861-5
Year: 1867 (1860s)
Authors: Ingersoll, Lurton Dunham
Subjects: Iowa -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 Regimental histories Iowa Iowa -- Militia
Publisher: Philadelphia, J.B. Lippincott and Co. Dubuque, B.M. Harger (etc., etc.)
Contributing Library: New York Public Library
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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is military geniUB U I ieneral W. T. Sher-man did cot think, on the evening before the battle, the enemy deaign 1anything hut a strong demonstration. At that rerymomenl theenenrj was in our immediate front, in force much stronger than OUT own. ready to hurl his stout oolumna on and through our unsuspecting camps. And he would heen there, to surprise us on Saturday instead of Sunday niornini, !it for the delay caused by a heavy rain storm.r. lidf p.-i-t five oclock in the morning of Sunday, the rebel lines andins were iu motion. Hardees oorps on their right, Braggs in tiePo ii the left Breckinridge held the reserve. Advancing THIRD INFANTRY. te BATTLE OF SHILOH. REFERENCES. Position of Major-General Grants forces on the morning of April 6th. czPosition of Major-Generals Grants and Buells forces, evening April 6th. ciPosition of Major-Generals Grant and Buell on morning of April 7th. re- position of Major-Generals Grant and Buell on evening of April 7th. rag NOTE.—The positions of the
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64 IOWA AND THE REBELLION. rapidly, they swept our pickets out of the way, or followed at their heelsnearly into our camps, first striking Prentiss, and, almost in the twinklingof an eye, the left Iront of Shermans main body. In an incredibly shorttuue whole regiments were pulverized into clouds of stragglers drifting tothe rear. Nevertheless the long roll calling the troops into line amid theroar of artillery and the bursting of shells, positions were hastily taken bothby Prentiss and Sherman, and held for some little time with a braverynever surpassed, before or since. But the line lacked both strength andcontinuity. There was a great gap between Sherman and Prentiss. Partsof the line were held with more tenacity than others, and the battle ragedfrom east to west, zigzag-wise, for some time, brigades here giving way,there holding back the enemys advance. McClernand hastened up to thesupport of Sherman, brigade at a time, and still the wide gap was left un-closed. The rebels were not

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