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182: 39: 233:. During the fighting Reid was severely wounded in the neck and was presumed dead. His body was recovered and brought to the rear where he soon regained enough consciousness to rejoin the fighting. Reid was out of action for a time following the battle but fully recovered despite the 323: 205:, becoming a lawyer. In 1839 he moved to Iowa to continue his law practice. During the 1840s he purchased large tracts of land becoming the most extensive land owner in Iowa at the time. He also became the president of the 252:
noticed Reid's gallantry at Shiloh and recommended him for promotion. Reid was promoted to brigadier general of U.S. volunteers on March 13, 1863. General Reid was now assigned to command the 1st Brigade, 6th Division,
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On April 14, 1864, Reid resigned from the army and returned to Iowa. There he resumed his law practice and served again as president of the Des Moines Valley Railroad. Reid died of
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during the month of June. After Vicksburg fell to the Union army, Reid was transferred to command the District of Cairo in southern Illinois.
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for service in the Union Army during the Civil War. Colonel Reid and the 15th Iowa first saw combat at the
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running an article stating he had been paralyzed. Reid returned to command a brigade in the
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Reid was born in Indiana on October 18, 1811, to James and Ann Thompson Reid. He attended
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On February 22, 1862, Reid was appointed colonel of the
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Hugh T. Reid

Union City, Indiana
Keokuk, Iowa
Union
United States Army
Union Army
Brigadier General
U.S.V.
American Civil War
Battle of Shiloh
Battle of Lake Providence
Vicksburg Campaign
American Civil War

Vicksburg National Military Park
Miami University
Indiana University
Des Moines Valley Railroad
15th Iowa Volunteer Infantry Regiment
Battle of Shiloh
Benjamin M. Prentiss
Hornet's Nest
Chicago Tribune
Army of the Tennessee
Corinth, Mississippi
Ulysses S. Grant
XVII Corps
Lake Providence, Louisiana
siege of Vicksburg

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