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William Tecumseh Sherman, Memoirs of General William T. Sherman ., volume 1, Chapter 9: battle of Shiloh. March and April, 1862. (search)
. Wallace's divisions, which formed a line to our rear. Lew Wallace's division remained on the north side of Snake Creek, on had been driven back to the river; and knowing that General Lew Wallace was coming with reinforcements from Crump's Landing, of defense, with its right covering a bridge by which General Wallace had to approach. We fell back as well as we could, gathe situation of Affairs on other parts of the field. General Wallace arrived from Crump's Landing shortly after dark, and f direction, and its steady approach, satisfied me; and General Wallace being on our right flank with his well-conducted divisrning he had stopped at Crump's Landing, and had ordered Lew Wallace's division to cross over Lick Creek, so as to come up one over Lick Creek by which we had all day been expecting Lew Wallace; that McClernand was on my left, Hurlbut on his left, annd continued up to dark. Early at night the division of Lew Wallace arrived from the other side of Snake Creek, not having f
William Tecumseh Sherman, Memoirs of General William T. Sherman ., volume 1, chapter 12 (search)
made up from the fragments of the divisions of Prentiss and C. F. Smith, and of troops transferred thereto, commanded by Generals T. W. Sherman and Davies. General George H. Thomas was taken from Buell, to command the right. McClernand's and Lew Wallace's divisions were styled the reserve, to be commanded by McClernand. General Grant was substantially left out, and was named second in command, according to some French notion, with no clear, well-defined command or authority. He still retaining, and Hurlbut's division next below on the river-bank by reason of the scarcity of water, except in the Mississippi River itself. The weather was intensely hot. The same order that took us to Memphis required me to send the division of General Lew Wallace (then commanded by Brigadier-General A. P. Hovey) to Helena, Arkansas, to report to General Curtis, which was easily accomplished by steamboat. I made my own camp in a vacant lot, near Mr. Moon's house, and gave my chief attention to the