Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - Bayan Fort Donelson an sanya Illinois na 41 zuwa Brigade na 1 a cikin Stephen A. Hurlbut na 4th Division na Army of the Tennessee. Ba da daɗewa ba bayan yaƙin ya fara a yakin Shiloh
, kwamandan Brigade na 1 Col. Nelson G. Williams ya ji rauni sosai kuma an ba da umarnin brigade ga Pugh. Colonel Pugh ya jagoranci brigade ta hanyar kwana biyu na fada a Shiloh a kusa da "Bloody Pond".