Battle of Shiloh

General Grant

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Shiloh was fought at Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River in Southern Tennessee.

The Union (Northern) army was led by U.S. Grant, nominally under Henry Halleck.

The Confederate (Southern) army was led by Sidney Johnston, who was killed in this battle, and replaced by his second-in command P.G.T. Beauregard.

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The winning general at the Battle of Shiloh, fought in April 1862, was Major General Ulysses S. Grant, who commanded the Union forces. Despite facing a surprise attack by Confederate troops led by General Albert Sidney Johnston, Grant managed to regroup his troops and secure a counterattack with the help of reinforcements. The battle resulted in a significant Union victory, marking a turning point in the Western Theater of the American Civil War.

Good question.

Many battles have two names, because the South would use the name of the nearest town, and the North used the name of the nearest river or other water-course (if any).

Since it was the victorious North that wrote the history-books, and since Northerners greatly outnumber Southerners, the river-names have generally become the official designation, and the rest of the world tends to use these.

So most people refer to Bull Run, although they know it's also called Manassas.

In the case of Shiloh, it seems to be the other way round - even though Shiloh wasn't a town, just a little wooden church and a few huts. The North used the name Pittsburg Landing, yet the name Shiloh is almost universally used in relation to this battle.

Through a lucky chance - the Confederate General Beauregard decided to call a halt on the first evening. If he had pressed on, Grant's army would have been pushed into the Tennessee River.

Fort Sumter was in the South before the South broke off and then the South thought it was theirs but the North still owned it and so they thought

Not very much.

In the West, only some small operations in Kentucky.

In the East, the early battle of Bull Run (July 1861) showed that neither side was ready for operations.

And the naval blockade was only starting to take effect.

It effectively destroyed a major Confederate army and liberated Tennessee.

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After the battle of Fort Donelson, Grant occupied the strong strategic position of Pittsburg Landing on the left bank of the Tennessee River and was waiting for Bank's Army of Ohio to join his Army of Tennessee (Union).

Grant was aware that the Confederates were concentrating near Corinth in order to give battle. He didn't expect it before a couple of day, but the enemy army were already next to him and about to attack. So he didn't give any order to stand by for an impeding fighting. The only defensive measure was limited to the activity of large reconnaissance patrols, which though touching in contact with enemy could not ascertain their real strength and deployment.

So the Confederate Army as a whole remained practically undetected and was already deploying to develop a devastating surprise assault which started on April 6, 1862 in the early morning, starting the battle.

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Short-term, the public was critical of Grant for nearly losing his army on the first morning - especially as there were (unfounded) rumours that he had been drunk on duty.

But the Best General in the South (Sidney Johnston) had been killed at Shiloh, and they presently realised that Grant was a winner.

Generally in West Tennessee.

Shiloh is located just north of Corinth, Mississippi in Tennessee. The Tennessee River crosses the state two times and divides it into 3 sections. The western section is referred to as West Tennessee.

Shiloh battle was called "Pittsburg Landing" by the northern troops. Pittsburg Landing was where General Grant unloaded his troops from his ships that came down the Tennessee River. So Shiloh is just west of this western portion of the Tennessee River.

The Union had no plan for a battle at Shiloh (or Pittsburg Landing). Neither Grant nor Sherman believed that there were any Confederate forces nearby.

It was the Confederates that initially planned to push the Union army into the swamps to the Northwest. But this was the first major battle of the war, and there was so much confusion that they ended up nearly pushing them into the Tennessee River instead.

Grant (although injured in a riding accident and walking on crutches) was criticised for being caught off-guard. Still the eventual Union victory spelt the end of Confederate ascendancy in Western Tennessee.