46th Ohio Infantry

46th Ohio Infantry[1]

Killed:
Captain HH Geary (D), George Bear (D), James White (D), Lieutenant Hiram B Wilson (G), Dallas Merchant (G), Theodore Woodruff (G), Levi Millington (G), Samuel Millington (G), Sergeant John Rowles (C), David Taylor (C), Lewis Walmire (C), William Guge (C), EM Shaw (C), John Stewart (C), Sergeant Benjamin F Hasson (F), Corporal Eli Swartz (F), Silas Roby (F), Nicholas Nan (F), Jerome W Fields (F), HW Proctor (F), James M Church (H), Wilson P Smith (H), MJ Gibbons (H), Martin Regner (H), Bruce E Brown (H), Sergeant Philip B Glen (K), William Dermston (K), Corporal Henry C Stiles (B), George W Finks (B), Joseph South (B), HC Burr (E), Joel Stuttle (E), Eli Baker (E), John Brown (I) and Alexander Jeremob (I).


Wounded:
Corporal George Frankenburgh (D), A McGill (D), DO Smith (D), Jacob Shilling (D), Corporal Tho. Tansy (G), Richard Spindler (G), E Wood (G), Joseph Campbell (G), John G Paul (G), Asa McCammack (G), Phillip Sutton (G), John King (G), Joseph T Barnes (G), Joseph Clossin (G), David Cam (G), Sergeant EW Pettill (C), Corporal Thomas Batson (C), Corporal William Noble (C), Corporal M Leohner (C), Corporal James Carine (), David Busuff (), Devill Culp (), DS Evans (C), Geo. Harrison (C), Jacob Hare (C), AG Martin (C), Miles McGeoown (C), DM Noe (C), George Parkinson (C), Frank Smith (C), James Thompson (C), George Wise (C), RM Yontz (C), William Yontz (C), James Kyner (F), Christian Zools (F), Daniel Shelter (F), Joseph Cherry (F), John Broyls (F), Thomas McKierman (F), John Oriley (F), John Kitter (F), John Stephenson (F), Thomas Williams (F), John Carran (F), Benjamin Winchester (F), George Presly (F), Lieutenant John Ramsey (H), Sergeant AA McConnell (H), Sergeant Michael A Sibley (H), Sergeant Joseph Amos (H), Corporal Joseph Alexander (H), HG Afflick (H), John Hays (H), M Ham (H), Alfred Koch (H), WH Newland (H), Benedick Lery (H), John D Reed (H), William Sayne (H), Samuel Richards (H), Corporal James E Gowans (H), Corporal Theodore F Cook (H), Corporal Martin Myers (H), Corporal Caleb Roberts (K), Corporal John W Holston (K), Corporal Jackson Balding (K), Isaac Dilbone (K), N Donfon (K), John Greaves (K), William E Ireland (K), Robert Ireland (K), Nathan Lewis (K), Tilman Lewis (K), John T McCollough (K), John Miller (K), James H Watson (K), George H Danel (K), John Gressler (K), Abram Delving (K), Patrick Conlin (K), Danel Hyshire (K), William Heathcoate (K), William H Hollis (K), Alfred Risner (K), Henry Weaver (K), Thomas M Galleher (K), William Zimmerman (K), D Hepshire (K), WO Bodle (K), Sergeant John W Williams (B), Corporal George M Carter (B), Henry Weller (B), Owen Mansfield (B), Elias McKinney (B), John A Swenk (B), William Shine (B), Charles Wallace (B), E Williams (B), Lieutenant WW Watts (E), J Brentlmyer (E), Alexander Coon (E), H Boswell (E), B Clark (E), H Fellows (E), William Jones (E), H Shuttle (E), William Wallinbayer (E), William Thomas (E), Edward Lebring (E), William Hines (E), J Andur (E), T Fryer (E), J Muslin (E), C Skeels (E), A Wright (E),
Corporal Joseph Fishey (I), John Atwater (I), George H Bethard (I), Jackson Crowell (I), Adam Mont (I), John Stales (I), Jetho Hall (I), Joshua Gipe (I), Henry Waterman (I), Philip Burtes (A), WH King (A), James W Tullis (A), Am. Trubey (A), George Dumfon (A), Daric P Dunothan (A), AB Bivion (A), A Croghan (A), John Boraff (A), John Heppeand (A), Joseph Murtomire (A), John Horner (A), Enoch Thomas (A), William Lytle (A) and Henry Hoots (A).


Missing:
Sergeant Wm. S Dalton (D), Andrew L Bancroft (D), James Blair (D), William Hempy (D), Jacob Heartman (D), L Zimmerman (D), Andrew Sheredon (D), Christ. Angle (D), Lewis Bowman (G), James Baker (G), Henry Farman (G), Jacob Kissel (G), Elisha A Hunt (G), Thomas Hearst (G), Thomas Jamieson (G), Jesse Milen (G), Samuel Rees (G), Joshua Robinson (G), Joseph Wright (G), John Herron (G), Owen Hill (C), William Snieder (C), JW Hanson (C), Mothen Wyckoff (C), AF Wise (C), BF Gontz (F), William Bennett (F), Jacob N Cly (F), John Cook (F), Francis Johnson (F), John McDonough (F), Dennis O’Niel (F), Paulmas Massey (F), Corporal John Engle (H), Corporal Peter Hughes (H), Bernard Balding (K), Archibald Casteel (K), Lemuel Swift (K), Otho Fox (K), William Greaves (K), James F Kibley (B), Charles Constock (E), T Coats (E), J Brown (E), Cal. Hayes (E), William Suddith (I), Andrew Noland (I), Eli Hatfield (I), Elijah Hastings (I), Dahel Wallet (A), Ailer. Williams (A) and Thomas McGlothin (A).


[1] Reports of Officers in Relation to a Recent Battle at Pittsburg Landing. Millwood, NY: Kraus Reprint, 1977. Originally published as U.S. 37th Congress, 2nd session, 1861-1862. Senate. Executive Documents Printed by Order of the Senate of the United States for the Second Session of the Thirty-Seventh Congress, 1861-62. 6 vols. Washington D.C., 1861. pp 159-61

Tom Worthington's Civil War

Tom Worthington's Civil War: Shiloh, Sherman and the Search for Vindication by James D. Brewer

Worthington was from a prominent family in Ohio, his father was the 6th governor of Ohio. He was a West Point graduate and had enough pull (family ties, West Point graduate, Mexican War Veteran) to become a colonel at the outbreak of the war. At Shiloh he commanded the 46th Ohio, which was in McDowell's brigade of Sherman's division. Worthington became a thorn in Sherman's side, before the battle but especially in the months afterwards. Before the battle Worthington bombarded Sherman with requests for axes and shovels, plus kept insisting that the Confederates were very close and would soon attack. After the battle Worthington at first engaged in some "I told you so" boasting to Sherman and Halleck.

Once the division was resting in Memphis Worthington kicked it up a notch. He printed his diary, which listed all the times he asked for entrenching supplies and the times he saw Confederates prior to the battle. He also talked to everyone who would listen about how Sherman botched the battle. Sometimes he drank while he blasted Sherman. Eventually Sherman had enough evidence of drunkenness on duty that he brought up charges against Worthington. In some respects Worthington welcomed the court martial as he thought it would be a chance to clear his name and show Sherman's mistakes. Instead it seems that the drunkenness charges dominated the testimony and Worthington was eventually convicted and cashiered from the service. There were enough irregularities in the trial that eventually Judge Advocate General Joseph Holt ruled the verdict null and void. By then it was too late for Worthington to return to service. He spent the rest of his life trying to prove that he was right and Sherman was wrong.

This book does a very good job of following the 46th Ohio's movements on April 6th. If you want to know more about that regiment this is a great book for you. This book also does a good job of following the court martial that forced Worthington out of the service.

46th Ohio

46th Ohio Infantry

Commanded by Col. Thomas Worthington

On back of monument:

This regiment fell back from its camp and defended this position, where it did its most severe fighting, from about noon until 2 p.m., April 6, 1862. It had present for duty, officers and men, 701. Its loss was 2 officers and 35 men killed; 4 officers and 181 men wounded; 24 men missing; total, 246.

Worthington is one of the characters of Shiloh. Worthington was a 1827 graduate of West Point and believed he was just as smart as Sherman and Grant. He was arrogant and this led to his downfall. If he had kept his mouth shut he may have had a long history with the army, instead he quickly got in trouble. Four months after the battle he was on his way out of the army and he would use the rest of his life and fortune attempting to prove that he was right. And he actually was right. He thought that the army should prepare more for a Confederate attack, even going so far as to make repeated requests for picks and axes to make a defensive position. Each time his division commander, Sherman, rebuffed him. After the battle Worthington made sure he told everyone how right he was and how Sherman's actions had cost the lives of many men. Eventually Sherman had him court martialed. If Sherman had not become a great hero of the war Worthington might have been able to reclaim some measure of vindication. He tried vainly to do so though as he wrote a few books to give a "correct view" of Shiloh. His fight for vindication is also the subject of a recent (2001) book by James D. Brewer, Tom Worthington's Civil War: Shiloh, Sherman, and the Search for Vindication.