Who was in charge of The Battle of Shiloh?

Answer 1

Loaded question, eh?

Commander of the Union army was U.S.Grant, who was not expecting the enemy to move for some time, told his men to rest easy, and was five miles away recuperating from a fall when the attack unexpectedly came.

One brigade commander, John McClernand, had told his men to remain on alert, and could reasonably claim to have saved Grant's reputation when the army was only just saved from being pushed into the Tennessee river. This led to a long, bitter feud between the two of them.

The Confederate commander was the highly-rated Sidney Johnston - killed just outside McClernand's tent.