Albert Sydney Johnston and Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard.
General Albert Sidney Johnston was initially in command of the Confederate forces at Shiloh. After he was killed on the afternoon of April 6, 1862, command of the Southern army fell to General P.G.T. Beauregard.
Confederate Major General PT Beauregard used the Shiloh church as his headquarters at the Battle of Shiloh. From there he drew up battle plans for the remainder of the two day battle as his superior officer, General Albert S. Johnston was mortally wounded.
During the course of the US Civil War, two Confederate generals who were killed in action were generals Sidney Johnston and Stonewall Jackson.Johnston was killed at the Battle of Shiloh in 1862 and Stonewall Jackson was killed during the Battle of Chancellorsville. On the Northern side, generals were also lost in battle, however, most historians believe that none of them were crucial figures in the Union's war efforts.
The capture of Confederate forts Henry and Donalson were a key to the battle of Shiloh that would occur later in 1862. The loss of these two forts allowed an opening for the Union troops to use river boats to move into the Confederate state of Tennessee.
general grant and general Johnson
"The Battle of Shiloh" is different from "The First Battle of Bull Run" because "The First Battle of Bull Run" had less casualties and because "The First Battle of Bull Run" was the first major battle of the civil war. "The battle of Shiloh" was a two day battle and it was led by Albert Sydney Johnston and P.G.T. Beauregard. They were both strong fighters and they led the confederate army in a surprise attack.
George McClellan (Union) and Robert E. Lee (Confederate).
In the two months prior to the Battle of Shiloh the Yankees had captured the western two-thirds of Tennessee, including Nashville. Nashville was one of the largest cities in the Confederacy and one of the few with an iron mill capable of casting cannon. The Confederates hoped to reverse this tide and start recovering west Tennessee beginning with winning the Battle of Shiloh. When the Confederates instead lost the battle these hopes were dashed.Perhaps even more important was the death of the Confederate commanding general, Albert Sidney Johnston. Johnston was one of the best generals the Confederacy had, and was the second-ranking Confederate general, just ahead of Robert E. Lee on the seniority list. The Confederate's western army never had a satisfactory commander after Johnston's death, and went on to lose most of its battles, and probably the war.
The Battle of Shiloh lasted for two days, April 6 and 7, 1862.
Shiloh (April 6th/7th 1862). It was won by Grant, and it marked the end of Confederate fortunes in Western Tenessee.
Joseph Johnston and P.G.T. Beauregard led the Confederate Army at the battle of First Manassas also called First Bull Run and won.
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...