It did not strictly 'turn the war' - which lasted another three years and two months.
But it marked the end of Confederate hopes of occupying Western Tennessee and controlling the Mississippi. In due course, the war in the West would be won, and Grant would be free to reinforce the Union armies elsewhere.
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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.
He was killed during the Battle of Shiloh. The Battle of Shiloh was part of the US Civil War.
it was a very interesting battle in shiloh . people were badly woded , and killed . this war made history which is in our history book . (:
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