cDowell's brigade had not yet been engaged, and to get
into the new position merely shifted his line to the left along the
road. Buckland moved back through his camp in order, his wagons carrying
off his dead and wounded and such baggage as they could hold. The
greater part of the Seventy-seventh Ohio, commanded by Major Fearing,
together with some companies of the Fifty-seventh, held by
Lieutenant-Colonel Rice, and some companies of the Fifty-third,
represented Hildebrand's brigade. Colonel Hildebrand finding his command
so reduced, served part of the day on McClernand's staff, but returned
to General Sherman in the evening. Colonel Crafts Wright, commanding the
Thirteenth Missouri in W.H.L. Wallace's division, was ordered in the
morning to take a designated position on the Purdy road. This brought
him on the left of General Sherman's new line. The remnant of
Hildebrand's brigade formed on Wright's left and operated with him.

Meanwhile General Grant, at breakfast at Savannah, nine miles below
Pittsburg Landing by river, but six miles in an air-line, heard the
firing. He at once sent an order to General Nelson to march his division
up the river to opposite Pittsburg; and, not aware that General Buell
had arrived the previous evening, sent a letter out to meet him,
advising him of the order given to Nelson and explaining the reason for
not waiting in person for his arrival. Steaming up the river, he
stopped at Crump's Landing at eight o'clock and directed Lewis Wallace
to hold his division in readiness to move. Arrived at Pittsburg Landing,
Colonel Pride, of his staff, at once organized ammunition trains, which
were busy all day supplying the troops at the front. The Twenty-third
Missouri, just arrived by boat, he hurried out to reinforce Prentiss.
The Fifteenth Iowa, just arrived, and the Sixteenth, sent by Prentiss to
the landing for ammunition, he directed to form line, arrest the tide of
stragglers from the front, and organize them to return. Riding to the
front, he found General Sherman a little before ten o'clock in his
hottest engagement, still holding the enemy at bay in front of his camp;
told him that Wallace would come up from Crump's Landing; sent word to
Wallace to move; to Nelson, to hasten his movements; returned to the
landing, dispatched the two Iowa regiments to reinforce McClernand, and
proceeded to visit the other divisions in the field.

The loaded wagons of McDowell's brigade, hurrying to the rear