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they wanted to kill general lee

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Because the Confederates tried to stop Union advance towards Corinth and destroy or scatter Grant's Army of Tennessee by a surprise attack, sweeping them away from the strategic point of Pittsburg Landing before they were reinforced by Buell's Army of Ohio.

A Confederate victory would have restored the situation in favour of the Confederacy in Western Tennessee and also hindered the Union progresses along the Mississippi River.

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Judson Marks

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