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The Battle of Shiloh: Bloodshed and Valor in the Civil War

Explore the gripping account of the Battle of Shiloh in 1862, a pivotal moment in the Civil War with intense fighting, bravery, and tragic losses on both sides. Learn about the key figures, strategies, and the aftermath of this bloody conflict.

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The Battle of Shiloh: Bloodshed and Valor in the Civil War

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  1. Those Who Fought:Average age of soldiers: 18-30 year.Mostly farmersAfrican Americans were eventually allowed to joinNative Americans fought on both sides

  2. The Monitor vs. The Merrimack • The Merrimack • Developed by the Confederate’s to destroy the Union blockade of the south • Featured ten guns and a sloping roof shaped deck. • The Monitor • The Union’s Ironclad Ship of War. • Featured two guns on a revolving turret • Faster and more maneuverable than the Merrimack

  3. The Battle of Shiloh

  4. Battle of Shiloh • Union: Major General Ulysses S. Grant , Major General Don Carlos Buell General William Tecumseh Sherman • Confederate: General Albert Sidney Johnston General P.G.T. Beauregard The Battle of Shiloh begins: On the morning of April 6, 1862, Location: around Pittsburg Landing in Tennesse, near a little whitewashed church known as Shiloh - Shiloh is a Hebrew word meaning "place of peace." Fact: One of the bloodiest battle of the Civil War

  5. Battle of Shiloh 1862 • Invasion of the Heartland of the South • Grant’s Union army was camped along the Tennessee River just north of the Mississippi border • Waiting to launch an invasion of the heartland of the South until General Carlos Buell arrived with his army • Grant had been on the Tennessee waiting for Buell for about a month • Johnston’s Surprise Offensive • Confederate General Sydney Johnston launches a surprise attack on April 6th before Buell arrived • Initially Union troops are pushed back toward the Tennessee River • Union forces stiffen near Shiloh Church • This thickly wooded area where fighting was the most fierce was known as the “Hornets Nest”

  6. III. Downfall of Confederate Victory • Fighting subsided at nightfall with Confederate domination but exhausted • Confederate General Sydney Johnston had been shot in the leg and killed. • Union General Carlos Buell and his army arrived during the night to reinforce Grant’s army • This added 22, 500 fresh Union soldiers to the fight. IV. Death and Carnage • Union Casualties – 13,046 • Confederate Casualties – 10,699 • Total Casualties – approximately 24,000 men dead • Grant described the scene after the battle as follows, “it would have been possible to walk across the clearing in any direction stepping on dead bodies without a foot touching the ground.”

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