C . Carroll Marsh 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 . Early life . Charles Carroll Marsh was born in Oswego , New York in 1829 . In 1853 he moved to Chicago , Illinois to study law . The legal profession was too crowded for Marsh and his studies lasted only a year before pursuing other business ventures . He joined the Chicago Light Guard becoming captain in that organization . Civil War . Early Battles . Due to the reputation of the Chicago Light Guard , Captain Marsh was called to Springfield , Illinois at the outset of the Civil War . Eager to offer his services , he responded quickly and was given command of the 20th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment . Colonel Marsh and his command were transported to Cape Girardeau , Missouri and attached to Colonel Joseph B . Plummer ' s command at the Battle of Fredericktown . Fort Donelson . Colonel Marsh and the 20th were stationed at Bird ' s Point , Missouri until joining Ulysses S . Grant ' s expedition to Fort Henry as a part of W . H . L . Wallace ' s 2nd Brigade in John A . McClernand ' s 1st Division . At the battle of Fort Donelson Marsh was positioned on the right of the Union lines . McClernand ' s entire division was hit hard during the Confederate breakout attempt on February 15 . Despite being hard pressed Marsh managed a counterattack which momentarily checked Simon B . Buckner ' s division and saved an Illinois artillery battery from capture . Shiloh . 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 . Post Shiloh and Resignation . Following the battle of Shiloh Colonel Marsh was transferred to command the 3rd Brigade , 1st Division stationed at Jackson , Mississippi . He was appointed Brigadier General of U . S . Volunteers dated November 29 , 1862 , though his appointment was later withdrawn . He was transferred to command the 1st Brigade in John A . Logan ' s 3rd Division of the XVII Corps in the opening stages of Grant ' s First Vicksburg Campaign . Colonel Marsh resigned on April 22 , 1863 .