two brigades were between
Shiloh Church and the river.
Of General Polk's command, Clark's division, though partially scattered,
rested, the greater portion of it, between Breckenridge and Shiloh
Church. The other division, Cheatham's, which remained the freshest and
least disordered command in Beauregard's army, moved off the field; and,
accompanied by General Polk and one regiment of Clark's division,
marched back to its camp of Saturday night.
Of Hardee's corps, so much of Cleburne's brigade as remained with him,
slept in Prentiss' camp; Wood's brigade slept in McClernand's camp;
Shaver's brigade was disintegrated and dissipated.
In the National army, what men were left of Prentiss' division were
gathered about the landing and with Hurlbut. The regiments of W.H.L.
Wallace that had escaped capture returned to their division camp.
Hurlbut after dark moved his division out to the front of the reserve
artillery. Being relieved by General Nelson, he formed his line with its
left near the reserve artillery and the right near McClernand.
McClernand's command bivouacked along the eastern face of the
camp-ground of W.H.L. Wallace's division. Sherman's left joined
McClernand; his right, Buckland's brigade, lay along the field at the
south flank of McArthur's brigade camp, and along the east bank of the
ravine of Brier Creek. Stuart's brigade, the Fortieth Illinois of
McDowell's brigade, and the Forty-eighth Ohio of Buckland's brigade
spent the night near the reserve artillery.
Captain Baxter, of General Grant's staff, brought to Lewis Wallace at
eleven or half-past eleven, a verbal order to move his division. The
First Brigade had already moved out to Stony Lonesome, and the division
was ready to march. General Wallace believed the attack at Pittsburg was
a feint, and that the real attack was to be made at Crump's Landing, on
account of the great accumulation of stores at that point, and desired
the order requiring him to move away from Crump's Landing should be in
writing. Captain Baxter wrote and gave him an order to march to the
Purdy road, form there on Sherman's right, and then act as circumstances
should require. The two brigades at Stony Lonesome were at once put in
motion. When the head of the division had just reached Snake Creek, not
much more than a mile in an air-line from the right of Sherman's camp,
Captain Rowley came up and informed Wallace of the state of affairs, and
that the National line had fallen b
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