Illinois Cavalry

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