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GENERAL REID ORGANIZED AND WAS THE COLONEL OF THE IOWA 15TH INFANTRY REGIMENT AT SHILOH, THE INEXPERIENCED REGIMENT WAS PUSHED INTO A GAP IN THE UNION LINE AND SUFFERED HEAVY CASUALTIES. COL. REID WAS KNOCKED OFF HIS HORSE WHEN SHOT IN THE NECK. HE WAS ABLE TO RECOVER AND LEAD HIS REGIMENT WITH GREAT COURAGE. HE WAS PROMOTED TO BRIGADIER GENERAL IN APRIL, 1863 AND WAS A BRIGADE COMMANDER AT THE DISTRICT OF LAKE PROVIDENCE AT THE VICKSBURG CAMPAIGN.