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Hardin County, TN | Apr 6 - 7, 1862. The Battle of Shiloh, also known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing, allowed Union troops to penetrate the Confederate interior. The carnage was unprecedented, with the human toll being the greatest of any war on the American continent up to that date. How it ended.
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In the months prior to the Battle of Shiloh, Yankee troops had been working their way up the Tennessee and Cumberland rivers. Kentucky was firmly in Union hands, and the U.S. Army controlled much of Tennessee, including the capital at Nashville. General Ulysses S. Grant scored major victories at Forts Henry and Donelson in February, forcing Confede...
In the early dawn of April 6, a Yankee patrol found the Confederates poised for battle just a mile from the main Union army. Johnston attacked, driving the surprised bluecoats back near Shiloh Church in southwestern Tennessee. Throughout the day, the Confederates battered the Union troops, driving them back towards Pittsburgh Landing and threatenin...
Soon, Grant was joined by the vanguard of the Buell’s army. With an advantage in terms of troop numbers, Grant counterattacked on April 7. The tired Confederates slowly retreated, but they inflicted heavy casualties on the Yankees. By nightfall, the Union had driven the Confederates back to Shiloh Church, recapturing grisly, blood-soaked reminders ...
The cost of the victory was high. More than 13,000 of Grant’s and Buell’s approximately 62,000 troops were killed, wounded, captured or missing. Of 45,000 Confederates engaged, there were more than 10,000 casualties. The more than 23,000 combined casualties were far greater than the casualty figures for the war’s other key battles (First Battle of ...
Shiloh: Pittsburg Landing. American Battlefield Trust. Battle of Shiloh. National Park Service: Shiloh National Military Park.
21 de ene. de 2011 · Battles and leaders of the Civil War : being for the most part contributions by Union and Confederate officers : Johnson, Robert Underwood, 1853-1937 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive.
The Battle of Shiloh, also known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing, was a major battle in the American Civil War fought on April 6–7, 1862. The fighting took place in southwestern Tennessee, which was part of the war's Western Theater.
- April 6–7, 1862
- Union victory
5 de dic. de 2007 · Battles and leaders of the civil war. by. Century Company; Johnson, Robert Underwood, 1853-1937; Buel, Clarence Clough, 1850-1933. Publication date. [1887-1888] Topics. United States -- History Civil War, 1861-1865 Campaigns. Publisher. New York : The Century Co.
Shiloh had cost the lives of 3,500 Americans amid a total of 23,800 casualties. More than 111,000 men had fought at Shiloh, and the carnage amounted to the greatest devastation known on the American continent to that date. The Battle of Shiloh had set a new, bloody standard for the world to contemplate.
