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.
The Battle of Shiloh, fought in April 1862, featured Union General Ulysses S. Grant leading the Union forces, while Confederate General Albert Sidney Johnston commanded the Confederate troops. Johnston was killed early in the battle, and his second-in-command, General P.G.T. Beauregard, took over for the Confederates. The battle marked a significant early engagement in the American Civil War, highlighting the fierce fighting and high casualties on both sides.
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.
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 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.
the were trying to win the battle
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:
The US Civil War Battle of Shiloh in April of 1862 was a Union victory. The two day battle saw each side with advantages. For the Union, the advantage was that reinforcements were close by and on the way. To aid US Grant at Pittsburg Landing. The reinforcements provided the Union with a troop advantage that carried the victory on the second day of the battle. The element of surprise was the significant advantage for the Confederates. Their attack on the Union army was not expected and the army was unprepared to properly defend their position.
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