the troops on each side could have planned a lot better for the battle/cut the troops loses
In the early morning of April 6th, 1862, the rebels sprang on Grant's sleepy camp. This began the Battle of Shiloh, in which the Union Army gained greater control of the Mississippi River Valley. During the bloody two day battle, each side (Union, and Confederate) each gained and lost land...
Each side lost about 1,700 men killed.
Over 10,000 casualties were suffered on each side.
99.9% percent of the combatants during the battle on both sides, were Naval personnel. There was a small detachment of US Marines on Midway island; if they had any fatalities, it went into a dozen or more. IJN Marines afloat (in transports) were not sunk during the battle.
Union forces under Ulysses S. Grant, including William T. Sherman, camped on the Tennessee River at Pittsburg Landing, Tenn. (near Shiloh Church), in preparation for an offensive. Confederate forces under A.S. Johnston and P.G.T. Beauregard attacked, surprising the Union troops and forcing their retreat, though Johnston was mortally wounded. A Union counterattack the next day regained the lost ground, and the Confederates withdrew to Corinth, Miss. Both sides claimed victory, but the battle was considered a Confederate defeat. Each side suffered about 10,000 casualties.
Many soldiers on each side died during the battle and the only general that died was General Don Carlos Buell
In the early morning of April 6th, 1862, the rebels sprang on Grant's sleepy camp. This began the Battle of Shiloh, in which the Union Army gained greater control of the Mississippi River Valley. During the bloody two day battle, each side (Union, and Confederate) each gained and lost land...
Each side lost about 1,700 men killed.
Over 10,000 casualties were suffered on each side.
At the time of the US Civil War battle of Shiloh, both armies confronting each other were named the Army of the Mississippi. Soon afterwards, the Confederates renamed that army to the Army of Tennessee.
the were trying to win the battle
The Hornet's Nest is the name given to an area in the Shiloh battlefield in Tennessee after the battle of Shiloh. The combatants who faced each other commented that the sound of the bullets passing their heads sounded like so many riled up hornets.
Which three each had only one battle during the american revolutionary war.
Which three each had only one battle during the american revolutionary war.
That this could have been a major victory for the Confederacy,but with so many casualties on both sides,the generals on each side began to realize that the war would not be over as quickly as they thought it would. (This doesn't mean I'm a "know-it-all" person,it just means that I'm educated) The battle of Shiloh was important beacuse YOUR FACE C:
Weapons are needed
played football