The second day of the Battle of Shiloh, Monday, April 7, 1862, it was a forward movement nearly all day. After a final charge near the end of the day, the 45th found itself at nearly the same spot as their camp had been the day before.
The losses of the 45th at the Battle of Shiloh were 26 killed and 199 wounded and missing. The missing turned out to be but few and continued to rejoin the regiment starting about dark on the 7th. One of the dead of the 45th was Captain Thomas Connor, who I have written about before.
They remained in camp until April 24th when they broke camp and moved slowly forward with the Army toward Corinth. During the siege at that city, the 45th was attached to the First Brigade, Third Division of the Reserve.
Its labors on the trenches were severe; its dangers were few.
--Old Secesh
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