Shiloh. It was the first big battle in the West, and the biggest of the war up till then.
The battle showed that it was going to be bloody and dirty. Men threw down their guns and ran from the field. The idea before the battle was that war was glorious and it would be a short war. This was wrong on both counts.
The Battle of Shiloh was a battle in the American Civil War in which the Confederates attacked Union soldiers in Southwestern Tennessee. The Union eventually won this battle.
It effectively destroyed a major Confederate army and liberated Tennessee.
Because although it had voted to join the Confederacy, Tennessee was divided in sentiment - the Eastern part of the state was quite pro-Union. Tennessee was also the key to the Mississippi, which both sides wanted to command, as a major highway for troops and supplies. Also, the South tried to pressure Kentucky into joining the Confederacy, which meant occupying as much of Tennessee as they could.
In the American Civil War, the city of Savannah, Georgia, did not see combat, although Sherman expectied a battle there. (The Confederates escaped across the river into South Carolina). There was also a town of Savannah in Tennessee, which saw some fighting in the Civil War.
Antietam
The US Battle of Chickamauga took place in and about the creek of the same name in Tennessee in 1863.It was a bloody battle with a Confederate victory. The nearest large city to the battle was Chattanooga, Tn.
Manassas showed the soldiers and the government that the Civil war would not be a short skirmish and would be a long bloody conflict.
The battle showed that it was going to be bloody and dirty. Men threw down their guns and ran from the field. The idea before the battle was that war was glorious and it would be a short war. This was wrong on both counts.
The Battle of Nashville was a major battle in the Civil War.
Yes. General Sherman attacked and took the city after a bloody battle.
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The Battle of Shiloh was a major battle during the U.S. Civil War. It was fought in Hardin County Tennessee on April 6-7, 1862.
Yes, Bull Run was a big battle because it was the first battle of the civil war and was very bloody.
The Battle of Gettysburg was viewed as the turning point for the civil war (the union started winning afterward).
The battle of Chattanooga occurred near the Tennessee city of that name.
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