Shiloh National Monument Detail

Position Marker #045: Dresser's Battery (D), 2nd Illinois Light Artillery

Inscription Reads:
U. S.
DRESSER'S BATTERY,
"D", 2d ILL. LT. ARTY., McClernand's (1st) Div.,
ARMY OF THE TENNESSEE.
This battery, with 6 James Rifled guns, was engaged
here at 11.15 a.m. April 6, 1862. It held the position
only a few minutes when it was driven back losing
four guns.

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Unit Commander: CPT James P. Timony
Brigade: UNATTACHED
Division: 1st Division
Corps: Unknown
Army: Army of the Tennessee
Grid Location: D07 *
Location: 35.14086667,-88.34943333
Location Description: 50 yards S of intersection of SHERMAN ROAD and MCCLERNAND ROAD
* Grid Location is the location identifier that is used on paper maps in the parks.