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Resaca IV Army Corps 2nd Division (Newton)

Map of Battle of Resaca on the Civil War Trust website.

May 14, my division marched to the right (the other two divisions of the corps being to the left), and was directed to form in reserve behind the Twenty-third Corps, which was done. The Twenty-third Corps becoming heavily engaged with the enemy in force in front of Resaca, I was ordered forward, by General Thomas, to form on the left and rear of the Twenty-third Corps. Shortly afterward Harker's brigade was ordered into the fight to relieve a portion of the Twenty-third Corps, which was gallantly done under a severe and destructive fire of the enemy. The position just taken by Harker was a short distance in advance of their line of intrenchments and commanded by them, and it was only by taking advantage of every little inequality of the ground that the brigade could maintain its position. In the meanwhile, General Wood having come up and connected with my left, a general advance of his division and mine was ordered, and my other two brigades were posted on the wooded heights overlooking the valley in which Harker was engaged. Colonel Sherman's brigade was ordered, toward the close of the afternoon, to relieve General Harker. Our loss was considerable in Harker's and Sherman's brigades. Among the wounded were General Harker and Colonel Opdycke, One hundred and twenty-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, both of whom refused to quit the field and remained on duty till they recovered. The enemy's artillery fire being annoying during the night, eleven guns belonging to my division were put into position on the bald hills to the right of the woods, forming the right of my line. Sunday, May 16, General Schofield's command having been withdrawn during the previous afternoon and night, I found in the morning my right connecting with the Fourteenth Corps. My artillery opened and soon silenced that of the enemy, from which we experienced no further annoyance. Wagner's brigade was moved in to relieve Sherman's. At 11.30 p.m. a heavy fire of musketry was opened all along our lines (it is uncertain whether the rebels or ourselves commenced it) and continued for some time. May 16, the enemy having evacuated during the night, we marched to Resaca. As soon as the bridge, partially destroyed by the rebels, was repaired, we crossed the Oostenaula River, and advanced toward Calhoun, General Harker's brigade leading and skirmishing the whole of the way with the enemy's cavalry. We rested at Calhoun that night. -from The war of the rebellion: a compilation of the official records of the Union and Confederate armies. ; Series 1 - Volume 38 (Part I), page 293.

1st Brigade (Francis Sherman)
36th Illinois – Silas Miller
44th Illinois (John Russell) 24 men K & W
Not found: Hyden, James H Co I 5/14 res Mt Vernon IL
73rd Illinois – Motherspaw (3K Resaca)
74th Illinois (Marsh / Thomas Bryan) 4K 22Wd
Not found: Hiram Rinehart, Co B 5/14, in AG Rhinehart; Gustin, Whitman E, Co D Dow 6/4 at Resaca
88th Illinois
Not found: Peter V Thompson. Co A. Vet recruit; DoW received at Resaca 5/18/1864. Charles Dilfort Co B DoW at Resaca, Ga., May 30.
15th Missouri
24th Wisconsin
Not found: Mayer, Louis F, Corpl Co C KIA 5/14. Mueller, Augustus E, Sergt Co C KIA 5/14. Hoft, Frederick, Co E 5/14.
2nd Brigade (Wagner)
100th Illinois
40th Indiana
57th Indiana
26th Ohio
97th Ohio
3rd Brigade (Harker)
22nd Illinois
Not found: Barber, Robert Sexton, Co H KIA 5/14. Greenfield, Thomas, Co K, MW at Resaca.
27th Illinois
Not found: Charles Wacker, Co B, KIA 5/14. Joseph Nighswonger, Co C KIA 5/14. Vought, John, Co H KIA 5/14. Shears, James H, Neponset, KIA Resaca 5/24?
42nd Illinois (report of Atwater) 2 CO's MW (didn't find in AG), 7K 24 W
Not found: McConchle, William Co C resident of Oneida, Knox County IL KIA 5/15 portrait on Resaca.org site. Sherril, Joshua, Co H resident of Bunkum. 5/14.
51st Illinois (Tilton) K: Capt Lester, 20Wd
Not found: James Ray, DoW 05/16 resaca
79th Illinois
Not found: Fregon, John, Co A, Ross, KIA 5/14. Yost, Rudolph, Co B recruit, KIA 5/14. Hendrix, Pleasant, Co H, KIA 5/14, resident of Kansas.
3rd Kentucky
64th Ohio (Robert C Brown) 3K, 1CO 14 Wd
Not found: David Crosson Co K 5/14. William Colter Co G DoW 5/16.
65th Ohio
Not found: Henry Elliott, Co K KIA 5/14
125th Ohio (Opdycke) 6K 51 Wd incl. 6MW
Not found: Timothy Corley co D 5/14. John Danforth Co A 5/14. Cornelius J Detchon Co A 5/14. James Flack Co A 5/14. Ephraim Snyder, Cpl Co A, KIA 5/14. William Dickson Co A DoW 5/19.

<a href="http://www.civilwar.org/battlefields/resaca/resaca-maps/battle-of-resaca-may-14-15.html">Map of Battle of Resaca</a> on the Civil War Trust website.

May 14, my division marched to the right (the other two divisions of the corps being to the left), and was directed to form in reserve behind the Twenty-third Corps, which was done. The Twenty-third Corps becoming heavily engaged with the enemy in force in front of Resaca, I was ordered forward, by General Thomas, to form on the left and rear of the Twenty-third Corps. Shortly afterward Harker's brigade was ordered into the fight to relieve a portion of the Twenty-third Corps, which was gallantly done under a severe and destructive fire of the enemy. The position just taken by Harker was a short distance in advance of their line of intrenchments and commanded by them, and it was only by taking advantage of every little inequality of the ground that the brigade could maintain its position. In the meanwhile, General Wood having come up and connected with my left, a general advance of his division and mine was ordered, and my other two brigades were posted on the wooded heights overlooking the valley in which Harker was engaged. Colonel Sherman's brigade was ordered, toward the close of the afternoon, to relieve General Harker. Our loss was considerable in Harker's and Sherman's brigades. Among the wounded were General Harker and Colonel Opdycke, One hundred and twenty-fifth Ohio Volunteer Infantry, both of whom refused to quit the field and remained on duty till they recovered. The enemy's artillery fire being annoying during the night, eleven guns belonging to my division were put into position on the bald hills to the right of the woods, forming the right of my line. Sunday, May 16, General Schofield's command having been withdrawn during the previous afternoon and night, I found in the morning my right connecting with the Fourteenth Corps. My artillery opened and soon silenced that of the enemy, from which we experienced no further annoyance. Wagner's brigade was moved in to relieve Sherman's. At 11.30 p.m. a heavy fire of musketry was opened all along our lines (it is uncertain whether the rebels or ourselves commenced it) and continued for some time. May 16, the enemy having evacuated during the night, we marched to Resaca. As soon as the bridge, partially destroyed by the rebels, was repaired, we crossed the Oostenaula River, and advanced toward Calhoun, General Harker's brigade leading and skirmishing the whole of the way with the enemy's cavalry. We rested at Calhoun that night. -from The war of the rebellion: a compilation of the official records of the Union and Confederate armies. ; Series 1 - Volume 38 (Part I), page 293.

1st Brigade (Francis Sherman)
36th Illinois – Silas Miller
44th Illinois (John Russell) 24 men K & W
Not found: Hyden, James H Co I 5/14 res Mt Vernon IL
73rd Illinois – Motherspaw (3K Resaca)
74th Illinois (Marsh / Thomas Bryan) 4K 22Wd
Not found: Hiram Rinehart, Co B 5/14, in AG Rhinehart; Gustin, Whitman E, Co D Dow 6/4 at Resaca 
88th Illinois
Not found: Peter V Thompson. Co A. Vet recruit; DoW received at Resaca 5/18/1864. Charles Dilfort Co B DoW at Resaca, Ga., May 30.
15th Missouri
24th Wisconsin
Not found: Mayer, Louis F, Corpl Co C KIA 5/14. Mueller, Augustus E, Sergt Co C KIA 5/14. Hoft, Frederick, Co E 5/14.
2nd Brigade (Wagner)
100th Illinois 
40th Indiana 
57th Indiana 
26th Ohio 
97th Ohio 
3rd Brigade (Harker)
22nd Illinois
Not found: Barber, Robert Sexton, Co H KIA 5/14. Greenfield, Thomas, Co K, MW at Resaca.
27th Illinois 
Not found: Charles Wacker, Co B, KIA 5/14. Joseph Nighswonger, Co C KIA 5/14. Vought, John, Co H KIA 5/14. Shears, James H, Neponset, KIA Resaca 5/24?
42nd Illinois (report of Atwater) 2 CO's MW (didn't find in AG), 7K 24 W
Not found: McConchle, William Co C resident of Oneida, Knox County IL KIA 5/15 portrait on Resaca.org site. Sherril, Joshua, Co H resident of Bunkum. 5/14.
51st Illinois (Tilton) K: Capt Lester, 20Wd
Not found: James Ray, DoW 05/16 resaca 
79th Illinois
Not found: Fregon, John, Co A, Ross, KIA 5/14. Yost, Rudolph, Co B recruit, KIA 5/14. Hendrix, Pleasant, Co H, KIA 5/14, resident of Kansas. 
 3rd Kentucky
64th Ohio (Robert C Brown) 3K, 1CO 14 Wd
Not found: David Crosson Co K 5/14. William Colter Co G DoW 5/16.
65th Ohio
Not found: Henry Elliott, Co K KIA 5/14
125th Ohio (Opdycke) 6K 51 Wd incl. 6MW
Not found: Timothy Corley co D 5/14. John Danforth Co A 5/14. Cornelius J Detchon Co A 5/14. James Flack Co A 5/14. Ephraim Snyder, Cpl Co A, KIA 5/14. William Dickson Co A DoW 5/19.