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  • Captain Alfred Hudson, CSA (1825 - 1862)
    Captain Alfred Hudson, CSA was born on December 17, 1825 in Prince Edward Co., VA. His parents were Caleb Baker Hudson, Major and Ann Maria Hudson . His family moved to Bellefonte, Jackson, Alabama by ...
  • Major John William Breathitt (USA) (1825 - 1912)
    MAJ John William Breathitt BIRTH 9 Jan 1825 Hopkinsville, Christian County, Kentucky, USA DEATH 16 Apr 1912 (aged 87) Hopkinsville, Christian County, Kentucky, USA BURIAL Riverside Cemetery Hopkinsvil...
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    Leslie Waggener, PhD (1841 - 1896)
    Biography== Leslie Waggener, PhD was born on September 11, 1841, in Trenton, Todd, Kentucky, USA. His parents were Stokeley Towles Waggener and Elizabeth T Ross . He was the first President of The Univ...
  • Lt. Colonel Alonzo Ridley (CSA) (1826 - 1909)
    Alonzo Ridley, trader, Indian agent, engineer, and Confederate officer, was born in Bowdoin, Sagadahoc County, Maine, on June 3, 1826, to Ambrose and Abigail (Nash) Ridley. Ridley was raised in the Nor...
  • Thomas Lewis Nugent (1841 - 1895)
    Marker reads "Statesman jurist patriot / First District Judge in the / 29th Judicial District of / Texas in 1879" --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------...

The Battle of Shiloh, also known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing, took place April 6-7, 1862 in southwestern Tennessee. Commanding generals were Ulysses S. Grant, Don Carlos Buell, Albert Sidney Johnston and P. G. T. Beauregard. The outcome of the battle was a Union victory.

This project is for soldiers of any rank that took part in this battle.

For more information:

Battle of Shiloh

Wikipedia

Union Order of Battle

150th Anniversary