Third Brigade - Third Corps - Army of the
Mississippi
Brigadier General Sterling A.M. Wood
This brigade consisted of five regiments and two battalions of infantry, one battery of artillery, and one company of cavalry. It occupied the center of Hardee's line of battle Saturday night, its right in the Corinth and Pittsburg road, in the following order from left to right: Twenty-seventh Tennessee, Sixteenth Alabama, Forty-fourth Tennessee, Ninth Arkansas, eighth Arkansas, Fifty-fifth Tennessee; the Third Mississippi on picket, and Harper's (Mississippi) battery in rear of the infantry. Major Hardcastle with the Third Mississippi, on picket at the corner of two fields one-fourth mile in advance of the main line, was attacked at 4.55 Sunday morning by a reconnoitering party sent out by General Prentiss. Hardcastle fought the party until 6.30,c when the brigade advanced to his support and following the reconnoitering party moved directly forward to the attack of the Union camps, which reached at 9 a.m.d In this movement Wood's brigade was guide for first line.e The left of Wood's brigade struck the front of the Fifty-third Ohio camp, its right extending into the camps of Peabody's brigade. The left wing, Twenty-seventh Tennessee, by a movement to the right, avoided the camp of the Fifty-third Ohio, which was being swept by the fire of Waterhouse's battery, while the right passed directly through a part of Peabody's camp, pressing the Union forces back until Wood's left had passed Waterhouse's battery and become exposed to a left flank and rear fire,f and the right had reached a field in the rear of Peabody's camp. Here the brigade wheeled to the left and attacked the second line of camps to the rear of the batterya (Raith's brigade camps). After marking left wheel and adjusting his line by bringing the Ninth and Eighth Arkansas to the left flake-making his line from left to right Ninth Arkansas, Eighth Arkansas, Twenty-seventh Tennessee, Sixteenth Alabama, Forty-fourth Tennessee, Fifty-fifth Tennessee, and Third Mississippi-Wood moved directly forward, doubling up the left of Raith's brigade and attacking McClernand's Second Brigade on the Corinth road, where he captured Burrow's battery. In this attack General Wood was thrown from his horse and disabled so that he left the field until 2:30 p.m. The brigade was disorganized and did not again act together during the day. The Twenty-seventh Tennessee rested from 10.50 until 3 p.m., then joined Wood when he resumed command. The Sixteenth Alabama and the Fifty-fifth Tennessee joined Shaver's brigade in its movement to the right under General Stewartb and then, with the third Mississippi, went to the rear with the prisoners,c returning to the field Monday morning. They Forty-fourth Tennessee became separated from the brigade during the charge and fought to the right of Shaver's brigade in Hornet's Nest.d It joined Wood again at 3 o'clock. The Eighth Arkansas and the Ninth Arkansas rested an hour, then after 12 m. joined Cleburne's and Shaver's forces in an attack at Duncan House,e and at 3 o'clock joined General Wood. The Third Mississippi joined Colonel Vaughan but was not engaged; it joined the Sixteenth Alabama and Fifty-fifth Tennessee as guard for the prisoners, and returned to the field on Monday. Harper's battery became detached Sunday morning and was engaged with Shaver's brigade, and in the afternoon with General Cheatham at Peach Orchard. Avery's Georgia Dragoons went to the right as guard at Greer's Ford. At 2:30 p.m. on Sunday General Wood resumed command and brought together four regiments, the Twenty-seventh Tennessee, Eighth Arkansas, Ninth Arkansas, and the Forty-fourth Tennessee, and reported to General Ruggles west of Duncan House. At 4 o'clock he was sent with General Anderson to the right to attack the Union force at Hornets' Nest. He did not become engaged but followed the retiring troops of Tuttle's brigade and after the surrender moved toward the front and center near the present schoolhouse. At sunsetf he moved back to one of the encampments in the rear. Monday morning he formed the remnant of the four regiments, not over 650 meng and went into action on south end of Jones Filed. At 11 a.m. he fell back to Shiloh Church, and soon after moved to the right and made a charge at the Water oaks Pond, where he engaged McCook's division and the left of Sherman's command. He then retired to high ground south of Shiloh Branch. Harper's battery was on the right Monday. The Third Mississippi joined Wood on Monday near Shiloh Church.
16th Alabama - Colonel John W. Harris8th Arkansas - Colonel William K. Patterson
9th (14th) Arkansas Battalion - Major John H. Kelley
3rd Mississippi Battalion - Major Aaron B. Hardcastle
27th Tennessee - Colonel Christopher H. Williams
44th Tennessee - Colonel Coleman A. McDaniel
55th Tennessee - Colonel James L. McKoin
