A massive frontal attack, gradually shifting its centre of gravity towards the Union left wing, which should have been then enveloped and displaced from the position before Pittsburg Landing.
The Federal left would have been thus separated from the River Tennessee and pushed westward on the back of the Union centre and shattered.
This was, in great outline the Confederate plan for winning the battle
the union; the confederates surrendered.
To be the fastest to attack
1,723 Confederates and 1,754 Unionists were killed at the battle of Shiloh.
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.
The Union named the battles after the nearest body of water. The Confederates named it after the nearest town. The Battle of Shiloh is also known as The Battle of PIttsburg Landing.
44,699.
The Union.
the union; the confederates surrendered.
General Albert Sidney Johnston led the Confederates in the Battle of Shiloh in 1862.
Albert Sidney Johnston commanded the Confederates at Shiloh until he was killed. Beauregard then took command.
The Confederates under Sidney Johnston, who was killed in the battle.
The Confederates and the Union Army.
To be the fastest to attack
Sidney Johnston, killed in that battle.
Shiloh
Sidney Johnston - a highly regarded General, killed at this battle.
The greatly-admired Albert Sidney Johnston - killed at that battle.