21 Oct 61, Camp Wildcat, Ky - Battleground 4: Shiloh
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21 October 1861, Camp Wildcat, Ky [Curt Cabbage]
Early on the morning of October 21, men of the 17th and 29th Tennessee Infantries began making their way through the woods up towards Hoosier Knob, so named because it was an entrenched position held by four companies of the 33rd Indiana. Firing began about 9 am, and intensified within ten minutes. The 11th Kentucky Cavalry - sent with Garrard's company in the days before, and just as green - dismounted on Hoosier Knob's right flank to join the fight; they would soon panic and attempt a retreat before cooler heads prevailed and rallied them. Behind the Hoosiers came the 14th and 17th Ohio Infantries, moving up to assist.
After thirty minutes of fighting Confederate Colonel Tazwell Newman of the 17th Tennessee decided to order a charge up the hill to remove the Indiana and Ohio men. Although succeeding in reaching the parapet, the Confederates were low on ammunition and could not take control of the knob; Newman ordered them to fall back.
By afternoon, it appeared to Zollicoffer that he could not take Hoosier Knob, so he decided on an offensive up the more-direct Wilderness Road towards the intersection of Winding Road, where Garrard had his headquarters. Sending the 15th Mississippi Infantry and the 2nd Tennessee Cavalry - with artillery support - he attempted to break through Union lines but was stopped in another intense fight. Units from Hoosier Knob supported the remainder of the 17th Ohio and the entrenched Kentucky Home Guard; these men were reinforced by the timely arrival of the 38th Ohio and 1st and 2nd Tennessee infantries.
Early on the morning of October 21, men of the 17th and 29th Tennessee Infantries began making their way through the woods up towards Hoosier Knob, so named because it was an entrenched position held by four companies of the 33rd Indiana. Firing began about 9 am, and intensified within ten minutes. The 11th Kentucky Cavalry - sent with Garrard's company in the days before, and just as green - dismounted on Hoosier Knob's right flank to join the fight; they would soon panic and attempt a retreat before cooler heads prevailed and rallied them. Behind the Hoosiers came the 14th and 17th Ohio Infantries, moving up to assist.
After thirty minutes of fighting Confederate Colonel Tazwell Newman of the 17th Tennessee decided to order a charge up the hill to remove the Indiana and Ohio men. Although succeeding in reaching the parapet, the Confederates were low on ammunition and could not take control of the knob; Newman ordered them to fall back.
By afternoon, it appeared to Zollicoffer that he could not take Hoosier Knob, so he decided on an offensive up the more-direct Wilderness Road towards the intersection of Winding Road, where Garrard had his headquarters. Sending the 15th Mississippi Infantry and the 2nd Tennessee Cavalry - with artillery support - he attempted to break through Union lines but was stopped in another intense fight. Units from Hoosier Knob supported the remainder of the 17th Ohio and the entrenched Kentucky Home Guard; these men were reinforced by the timely arrival of the 38th Ohio and 1st and 2nd Tennessee infantries.
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