Shiloh National Monument Detail

Position Marker #056: Schwartz's Battery (E), 2nd Illinois Light Artillery

Inscription Reads:
U. S.
SCHARTZ'S BATTERY,
"E", 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 12 m. April 6, 1862 when it retired to right
of Siege guns.

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Unit Commander: LT George L. Nispel
Brigade: UNATTACHED
Division: 1st Division
Corps: Unknown
Army: Army of the Tennessee
Grid Location: D06 *
Location: 35.14585,-88.34738333
Location Description: In SOUTH end of JONES FIELD
* Grid Location is the location identifier that is used on paper maps in the parks.