Battle of Shiloh
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Jenna Stewart
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southwest Tennessee
- this battle took place on April 6th-7th
- The Union's success of Fort Henry and Fort Donelson opened up opportunity for invasion on the Tennesse River
Confederacy
- Led by General Albert Sidney Johnston and P.G.T. Beaurgard
- 45,000 troops
- on the first day of battle General Johnston was killed
- before General Grant and General Buell could meet, the Confederates attacked
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- Major success
- Most blamed Grant for the Union being unprepared, but Lincoln said,"I cannot spare this man;he fights."
Union
- General Grant and Don Carlos Buell
- camped at Pittsburg Landing
- 22 miles north of Cornith,Mississippi
- Major General William Sherman was the commander at the Pittsburg Landing camps
- "Retreat? No. I propose to attack at daylight and whip them." -General Grant
- 66,000 soldiers
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Hornet's Nest
- is a sunken road
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- most soldiers were new recruits
- few Union forces held up while Buell arrived with his defenses at the end of the day
- Union wins the Battle of Shiloh
- Beauregard realized he was outnumbered and retreated back to Cornith, Mississippi
- Confederacy surrounded the Union
- Some say the zipping bullets sounded like angry hornets
After the Battle
Union
- 13,000 casualties
Confederacy
- 10,000 casualties
- was the bloodiest battle up to that point in American History
- after this battle, Americans knew this war was going to last a while
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