page_title: C. Carroll Marsh
section_title: Shiloh
hierarchical_section_title: C. Carroll Marsh / Civil War / Shiloh
caption_attribution_description: Photograph of Shiloh Church at the Shiloh battlefield, April 2006, by Donald Wiles, donated to Wikipedia, Photoshopped by Hal Jespersen.
context_page_description: Charles Carroll Marsh was a Union Army officer during the American Civil War. He served with distinction early in the war at the battles of Fort Donelson and Shiloh. He is commonly referred to as "C. Carrol Marsh" in official reports.
context_section_description: Following the victory at Fort Donelson, General Ulysses S. Grant was thrust into the public eye and at the same came under attack from department commander Henry W. Halleck.  During this time Colonel Marsh and others presented Grant with an ivory-handled sword.  Marsh took the occasion to publicly profess his confidence in General Grant and denounced the "jealousy caused by his recent success".  He assumed command of the 2nd Brigade when recently promoted Brig. Gen. W.H.L. Wallace took command of the 2nd Division.  On the morning of April 6, 1862 messengers managed to alert Colonel Abraham M. Hare of the 1st Brigade that a battle was underway but news of the fighting had not reached Colonel Marsh until a cannonball soared through his brigade's camp.  Early in the fighting Marsh's brigade was forced into a disorderly retreat until he and General McClernand managed to rally units of the 1st Division behind Shiloh Church.  Marsh then led a counterattack which managed to overrun a Confederate battery but proved costly.  Once again Marsh was forced to withdraw his dwindling command.  Around 5:00pm he made a final stand supported by remnants of three other brigades.  On April 7 he led his brigade in recapturing lost ground in the vicinity of Shiloh Church where he had seen action the day before.
caption: Marsh fought in the vicinity of Shiloh Church on both days of the battle
exif: {}