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Return of casualties in the First (McClernand's) Division, Army of the Tennessee, at the battle of Pittsburg Landing, Tenn., April 6 and 7, 1862.*

K i l l e d. W o u n d e d.

Command. Officers. Enlisted Officers. Enlisted

men. men.

First 1 22 7 84

Brigade:

8th Illinois

18th Illinois 1 10 6 57

11th Iowa 1 28 8 139

13th Iowa 2 23 9 130

Total 5 83 30 410

Second 1 13 6 65

Brigade:

11th Illinois

20th Illinois 1 21 6 98

45th Illinois 3 22 10 162

48th Illinois 1 16 5 84

Total 6 72 27 409

Third --- 14 5 111

Brigade:

17th Illinois

29th Illinois 3 14 1 71

43rd Illinois 6 39 9 122

49th Illinois 1 10 6 98

Total 10 77 21 402

Artillery: --- 4 1 23

Burrows

battery

Dresser's --- 4 1 20

battery

McAllister's --- --- --- 11

battery

Schwartz --- 1 --- 4

battery

Total --- 5 2 58

Cavalry: --- --- --- ---

Carmichael's

(Illinois)

McCulloung's --- --- --- ---

(Illinois)

Stewart's --- --- 1 1

(Illinois

Total --- --- 1 1

Grant total 21 232 81 1,276

Missing.

Command. Officers. Enlisted Aggregate. Remarks by

men. compiler.

First --- 3 117 ---

Brigade:

8th Illinois

18th Illinois --- 3 77 ---

11th Iowa --- 1 177 ---

13thIowa --- 11 164 ---

Total --- 18 546 ---

Second --- 3 98 ---

Brigade:

11th Illinois

20th Illinois --- 10 136 ---

45th Illinois --- --- 197 ---

48th Illinois --- 23 129 ---

Total --- 36 560 ---

Third --- 9 139 ---

Brigade:

17th Illinois

29th Illinois --- 17 106 ---

43rd Illinois --- 146 322 ---

49th Illinois --- --- 115 ---

Total --- 172 682 ---

Artillery: --- --- 29 14th Ohio

Burrows Battery

battery

Dresser's --- --- 26 2nd

battery Illinois,

Battery D.

McAllister's --- --- 11 1st

battery Illinois,

Battery D.

Schwartz --- --- 5 2nd

battery Illinois,

Battery E.

Total --- --- 71 ---

Cavalry: --- --- --- ---

Carmichael's

(Illinois)

McCulloung's --- --- --- ---

(Illinois)

Stewart's --- --- 2 ---

(Illinois

Total --- --- 2 ---

Grant total --- 226 1,861 ---


Numbers 5. Report of Colonel Abraham M. Hare, Eleventh Iowa Infantry, commanding First Brigade.

HEADQUARTERS FIRST BRIGADE, FIRST DIVISION, Pittsburg, Tenn., April 8, 1862.

SIR: I have the honor to report the part taken by the First Brigade of the First Division in the engagement with the enemy on the 6th instant.

Early in the morning of the 6th, upon the alarm being given, the brigade, composed of the Eighth and Eighteenth Regiments Illinois Infantry, the Eleventh and Thirteenth Regiments Iowa Infantry, and Dresser's battery, were formed in the open field in front of their respective encampments. Received orders about 8 o'clock a. m. to

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* But see revised statement, p. 100.

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