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Battle of Shiloh

Battle of Shiloh. Lina Brouse. What. The battle of Shiloh was a series of three main battles in Sharpsville, Tennessee. Grant, a Union Commander, was holding ground well until the weather forced him and his army to set up camp and wait for General Buell ’ s reinforcements. What Continued.

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Battle of Shiloh

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  1. Battle of Shiloh LinaBrouse

  2. What The battle of Shiloh was a series of three main battles in Sharpsville, Tennessee. Grant, a Union Commander, was holding ground well until the weather forced him and his army to set up camp and wait for General Buell’s reinforcements..

  3. What Continued.. Waiting and weak, Johnston’s Confederate army intended to strike them at Pittsburgh landing that night

  4. When this battle began April 6, 1862 early morning and lasted until night

  5. Where… South western Tennessee Sharpsville

  6. The Beginning of the Battle… …was near a small church on the west bank of the Tennessee River. The Confederates struck, wanting to drive the Union defenders away from the river and into the swamps of Owl Creek to the west, before Buell’s army arrived.

  7. Continued… Instead they fell northeast onto “the Hornet’s Nest”, a sunken road.

  8. Continued… General Johnston was killed by a stray bullet during the day. Beauregard, his second in command, decided not to go through with the assassination of the final Union army

  9. Ending The confederates had to retreat and had no hope in blocking the Union advance into northern Mississippi.

  10. Summary FactsCommanders Union Major General Ulysses S. Grant Major General Don Carlos Buell

  11. Summary FactsCommanders: Confederates General Albert Sidney Johnston General P.G.T. Beauregard

  12. However… Union Casualties 1,754 killed8,408 wounded2,885 missing & captured13,047 total Out of 65,085 soldiers

  13. However… Confederate Casualties 1,728 killed8,012 wounded959 missing & captured10,669 total Out of 44,968 soldiers

  14. Overall Until the Battle of Antietam, this was the bloodiest battle with 23,746 casualties.

  15. WIN FOR THE UNION!!!

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