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After Shiloh
After the Battle of Shiloh, Major General Henry W. Halleck, commander of Union forces in the West, was so upset at Grant’s performace and the awful casualties at Shiloh, assumed field command and put Major General George H. Thomas in command of … Continue reading
Posted in Civil War, Patterson Family, SC&A
Tagged 1st Ohio Volunteer Infantry, 1st OVI, Battle of Pittsburg Landing, Battle of Shiloh, Civil War, Corinth Mississippi, family history, First Ohio Volunteer Infantry, history, MS-236, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, OVI, Patterson, Patterson brothers, Patterson family, William Patterson
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Shiloh
On April 12, 1862, a friend of Jefferson Patterson, John Jones, wrote Jefferson a letter about his son’s participation in the Battle of Shiloh. The son, 1st Lieutenant Frank Jones, was a member of the 13th Ohio Volunteer Infantry, Company K. The … Continue reading
William Writes After the Battle of Shiloh
On April 10, 1862, William Patterson wrote his mother to report that he was “in the land of the living” after the Battle of Shiloh. In his short letter he reports that “dead and wounded are all over a field … Continue reading
Posted in Civil War, SC&A
Tagged 1st Ohio Volunteer Infantry, 1st OVI, Battle of Pittsburg Landing, Battle of Shiloh, Civil War, family history, First Ohio Volunteer Infantry, history, manuscripts, MS-236, Ohio Volunteer Infantry, OVI, Patterson, Patterson brothers, Patterson family, William Patterson
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