Shiloh National Monument Detail

Position Marker #046: 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 two guns, was engaged here from
11.30 a.m. to 2 p.m. April 6, 1862. It retired to left
of Siege 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: D06 *
Location: 35.14598333,-88.34783333
Location Description: 150 yards SW of intersection of CAVALRY ROAD and SHERMAN ROAD
* Grid Location is the location identifier that is used on paper maps in the parks.