the Battle of Pittsburg Landing, The Battle of Shiloh was the bloodiest

battle fought in North America up to that time. Pittsburg Landing was an area

from where the Yankees planned to attack the Confederates who had moved

from Fort Donelson to Corinth, Mississippi. The North was commanded by

General Ulysses S. Grant and the South by General Albert Sydney Johnston.

The Union army was taken by surprise the first day when the Confederate

Army unexpectedly attacked, but after Union reinforcements arrived the

fighting virtually ended in a tie. Lasting for two days, April 6 and 7 of 1862,

casualties for both sides exceeded 20,000. The Battle of Shiloh was a

message to both the North and South that the Civil War was for real.

General Grant was anxious to maintain the momentum of his victory at

Fort Donelson. His army had moved up to a port on the Tennessee River

called Pittsburg Landing in preparation for an attack on Corinth, Mississippi,

where the Confederate troops were located. General Halleck, Western U.S.

Army commander, had ordered Grant to stay put and wait for

reinforcements. Grant had given comma

Prentiss fought, as he states, until "half-past five P.M., when finding that

Papers of Jefferson Davis, 1995, p 131). Both points of view show an

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