Union Position Tablet.

The afternoon of May 19, this brigade was in support of Blair's Division-the 72nd Ohio in front on the right of the road and the 95th Ohio in its rear, the 114th Illinois on the left of the road and the 93D Indiana on its left. About dusk that evening, Gen. Blair's Division retired and Gen. Buckland ordered pickets and guards to the front. The brigade remained, in the advance, in this position until the evening of May 21, when it was withdrawn, except the 93rd Indiana, which did not withdraw until the morning of May 22. May 22, the brigade, except the 72D Ohio ordered to take position on the left of the advance of Col. Thomas Kilby Smith's Brigade, formed line on the left of the road. This tablet marks the right of the three regiments on that day and the right of the 114th Illinois, the afternoon of May 19. Casualties: May 19, 114th Illinois, killed 2, wounded 10, total 12; 93rd Indiana, killed 1, wounded 5, total 6; 72nd Ohio, killed 1, wounded 13, total 14; 95th Ohio, wounded 2; Aggregate, killed 4, wounded 30, total 34. May 22, 114th Illinois, wounded 2; 93D Indiana, wounded 2; 72D Ohio, wounded 1; 95th Ohio, wounded 4; Aggregate, wounded 9.

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