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MILITARY RECORD 39

guard of Buell's army arrived in the neighbor-
hood, but did not push on to Pittsburg Landing
since Grant did not anticipate a fight at that
point. The result was that the first day's
battle witnessed 40,000 Confederate troops
confronting 33,000 Union troops.

The contest on the first day continued twelve
hours and was a Confederate victory. Never-
theless the outcome was a disappointment since
the plan was to capture the Union army, or at
least to drive it from the field in complete con-
fusion. On the next day the Confederates had
to meet the fresh troops of Buell who had
arrived late on Sunday, April 6th. At two
o'clock, after eight hours of fighting, the Con-
federate commander gave the order to retire,
and this was accomplished in good order; no
effective pursuit was made by the Union
forces.⁸⁶

It was under the command of Lieutenant
Colonel Baker that the Second Iowa partici-
pated in the Battle of Shiloh, since Colonel
Tuttle, having won the rank of Brigadier
Q-eneral at Donelson, had been placed in com-
mand of a brigade composed of the Second,
Seventh, Twelfth, and Fourteenth Iowa In-
fantry. During the first day's battle it formed
part of the Second Division, commanded by
General W. H. L. Wallace. Beginning early
that day the enemy made repeated attacks for



	MILITARY RECORD 39 guard of Buell's army arrived in the neighbor- hood, but did not push on to Pittsburg Landing since Grant did not anticipate a fight at that point. The result was that the first day's battle witnessed 40,000 Confederate troops confronting 33,000 Union troops. The contest on the first day continued twelve hours and was a Confederate victory. Never- theless the outcome was a disappointment since the plan was to capture the Union army, or at least to drive it from the field in complete con- fusion. On the next day the Confederates had to meet the fresh troops of Buell who had arrived late on Sunday, April 6th. At two o'clock, after eight hours of fighting, the Con- federate commander gave the order to retire, and this was accomplished in good order; no effective pursuit was made by the Union forces.⁸⁶ It was under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Baker that the Second Iowa partici- pated in the Battle of Shiloh, since Colonel Tuttle, having won the rank of Brigadier Q-eneral at Donelson, had been placed in com- mand of a brigade composed of the Second, Seventh, Twelfth, and Fourteenth Iowa In- fantry. During the first day's battle it formed part of the Second Division, commanded by General W. H. L. Wallace. Beginning early that day the enemy made repeated attacks for