This division, consisting of the Eleventh and
Fourteenth Brigades and Mendenhall's and Bartlett's batteries, came
from Savannah on boats, arriving at Pittsburg Landing during the night
of Sunday, April 6, 1862, and bivouacked along the Corinth road in the
rear of Nelson's division. Early Monday morning it moved out and formed
line in front of the camps of the Thirty-second and Forty-first Illinois,
joining Nelson's right, the Fourteenth Brigade in front line, the Eleventh
Brigade in reserve. At about 8 a.m. the division advanced and soon after
became engaged at the position held by Prentiss and Tuttle on Sunday.
Bartlett's battery on the right near the fork of the Eastern Corinth
road was engaged until 12 noon, when it retired to the Landing for ammunition.
Mendenhall's battery was engaged on Nelson's right until after noon,
when it took position in the rear of the Fifth Division and was there
engaged until the close of action. The division was engaged along the
Eastern Corinth road and east of Duncan Field and out four hour, in
which time both brigades and all its regiments were repeadedly engaged.
It advanced, capturing some guns; was repulsed and driven back to the
road several times. At about 2 p.m. it gained and held the Hamburg and
Purdy road, which ended the fighting on this part of the line. It bivouacked
Monday night in front of Prentiss's camps.
Eleventh
Brigade - Brigadier General Jeremiah T. Boyle
Fourteenth
Brigade - Colonel William Sooy Smith
Artillery