The Union army received strong reinforcements through the night, and were able to repel the Confederates on the second day.
The Union Army had a distinct advantage during the Battle of Shiloh. They outnumbered an inexperienced and poorly armed Confederate Army.
a surprise attack by the confederate army on gen. grant's army
The Federal Army of the Tennessee commanded by Ulysses Grant defeated the Confederate Army of the Mississippi led by Albert Sydney Johnston at Shiloh.
The Battle of Shiloh saw the Federal Army of the Tennessee and Army of the Ohio sustain 13,000 casualties with 1800 dead. The Confederate Army of the Mississippi lost 10,000 men with 1700 killed. Source: Shiloh: Bloody April, W. Wiley Sword, 1974
كان ألبرت جونستون قائدًا للقوات الكونفدرالية في معركة شيلوه.
The Confederate troops caught Grant's army off guard and almost won the battle on the first day.
Braxton Bragg commanded the Second Corps of the Confederate Army of the Mississippi.
The Battle of Shiloh
The Confederate leader at Shiloh was General Albert Sidney Johnston when they attacked General Grant's army. General Johnston was killed during the battle.
The Confederate army at Shiloh was at first commanded by General Albert Sidney Johnston. After he was killed during the first day of the battle P.G.T. Beauregard assumed command. The battle was fought April 6-7, 1862.
In very general terms it was the Confederate Army of Mississippi against the Union Army of the Tennessee. On the second day of the Battle the Union Army of the Ohio had arrived and joined the fight. An "Order of Battle" is a list of all units within a particular command at a certain date, or in a battle. See the "related links" below for complete Union and Confederate Orders of Battle.
The Union Army