The Battle of Shiloh 1962
             The Battle of Shiloh was one of bloodiest battles of the civil
             War. In fact it was one of the bloodiest battles fought on Tennessee soil.
             The battle was actually fought in Pittsburgh Landing Tennessee. The battle
             Was named after a church in the area were the wounded and dead were
             Taken. The pre- battle, the battle, and the post battle were all important to
             Before the Battle of Shiloh was fought a lot of important things
             happened which made the battle very important. The confederates had just
             sustained very hard losses at Forts Henry and Donelson . After these losses
             Gen. Joseph Johnston was placed in charge of the remaining forces . Gen.
             Johnston set his headquarters in Jackson, Tennessee and started forming
             the Army of Mississippi.(Discovering U.S History The Battle of Shiloh)
             when Gen. Grant started landing at shiloh Gen. Albert Johnston left
             Nashville to take command of the newly formed Army of Mississippi which
             The union had come off some major victories were not aware of the army
             of Mississippi .Gen. grant was moving into TN. with 45,000 men and was going to get
             25,000 more from Gen. Buell who was coming from Columbia .They were delayed
             The actual battle lasted two days the first day is when most of the battle
             was fought. The confederate plan was to surprise the union. This plan worked, the union
             was caught off guard and the confederates pushed back the union. Even though the union
             out numbered them the element of surprise took toll. The confederates broke through the
             union lines and won the first day of battle. That night Gen. Buell arrived with a fleet of
             boats firing Buell's army landed on land .
             The next day the union set out to reclaim the land they lost. With fresh
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