Brigadier General John A. McClernand’s Division

Brigadier General John A. McClernand’s Division. . , U. S. A. , Brigadier General John A. McClernand’s Division , Colonel Richard J. Oglesby’s Brigade , 8th Illinois Infantry, lieut. Colonel Frank L. Rhoads , 18th Illinois Infantry, Colonel Michael K. Lawler , 29th Illinois Infantry, Colonel James S. Rearden , 30th Illinois Infantry, Lieut. Colonel Elias S. Dennis , 31st Illinois Infantry, Colonel John A. Logan , 2d Illinois Cavalry, Colonel Silas Noble , Schwartz’s Battery of two 6-pounder and two 12-pounder howitzers , Dresser’s Battery of three 6-pounder rifled guns , Four independent companies of cavalry, About Noon, February 12, 1862, when Forrest’s troops withdrew toward the fort, Oglesby’s Brigade deployed in line with the 8th Illinois on the right and resumed the advance behind the cavalry. As the advanced guard under Major George A. Bacon, 30th Illinois, ascended the ridge along this road, Forrest’s cavalry, on the other side of the hill, formed to renew the attack. Mudd’s cavalry held the road where it crosses the crest of the hill, about 200 yards beyond this point. The advance guard deployed abreast with Mudd’s detachment. The 8th Illinois, in column of platoons, took position as a reserve on the right of this road, covering its own immediate front with a line of skirmishers. O’Hartnett’s cavalry occupied the high ridge to the right while Noble’s cavalry covered the front to the left. The 18th Illinois formed in column of companies at this point. The remainder of McClernand’s Division halted farther to the rear in order of march. The attack by the Confederate cavalry did not materialize. Upon General Grant’s order, McClernand’s Division resumed its march and followed the road which branches off at this point passing along the left of these flats in the direction of Indian Creek and Fort Donelson.