Illinois Cavalry

Illinois Cavalry. . (Around Top of Monument): , Illinois to Her Cavalry at Shiloh, (Front Facet): , "The nature of this battle was such that cavalry could not be used in front. I therefore formed ours into line in rear." , Grant., Army of the Tennessee , (Left Front Facet):1st Battalion , 4th Cavalry , Lt. Col. W. McCullough. , Stewart's and Carmichael's Independent Companies , Afterwards 15th Illinois. , These commands were held in reserve April 6th and 7th 1862. , One officer and two men were wounded. , McClernand's , 1st Division. , (Left Rear Facet):Companies A and B , 2nd Cavalry , Capt. Thos. J. Larrison. , These companies were acting as division headquarters guard and escort and were not actively engaged in the battle of April 6th and 7th, 1862., W.H.L. Wallace's , (2nd) Division. , (Rear Facet):3rd Battalion , 11th Cavalry , Maj. Jas. F. Johnson.. , This battalion was in reserve on north side of Snake Creek during the battle of April 6th and 7th, 1862, L. Wallace's , (3rd) Division. , (Right Rear Facet):2nd and 3rd , Battalions , 4th Cavalry , Col. T. Lyle Dickey.. , 2 Companies , Thielemann's Cavalry , Afterwards 16th Illinois , These troops were in reserve and not actively engaged in the battle of April 6th and 7th, 1862., Sherman's , (5th) Division. , (Right Front Facet):1st and 2nd , Battalions , 11th Cavalry , Col. R. G. Ingersoll. , These battalions formed in open field near their camp. Where at about 9 a.m., April 6th, 1862 they received the fire of a battery by which 3 men were killed and 2 wounded., Prentiss' , (6th) Division.