Morton's Battery
6th Indiana Battery - McDowell's Brigade - Sherman's Division
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6th
Battery,
Morton's,
Commanded by
Capt. Frederick Behr,
1st Brigade -- Col. J. A. McDowell --
5th -- Division -- Gen.Sherman --
Army of the Tennessee.
Indiana.
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6th Battery, Morton's,
Commanded by Capt. Frederick Behr.
This battery was ordered into action, at this place, by Gen. W. T. Sherman, at 10.30 a.m., April 6, 1862. Capt. Behr was shot from his horse and fell dead. Casualties--killed, 1 officer; wounded 5 men; total, 6.
Marker is at the intersection of Hamburg-Purdy Road and Corinth Road, on the left when traveling west on Hamburg-Purdy Road.
Courtesy hmdb.org
