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Definition: Shiloh, Battle of from Chambers Dictionary of World History

An engagement in the American Civil War in Tennessee, near Corinth, Mississippi, between Union forces under General Ulysses S Grant and Confederate forces under Albert Sidney Johnston (1803–62). Losses were heavy on both sides, with 13,000 Union and 11,000 Confederate casualties.

Shiloh, battle of

From The Columbia Encyclopedia
Apr. 6–7, 1862, one of the great battles of the American Civil War. The battle took its name from Shiloh Church, a meetinghouse c.3 mi (5 km) SSW of Pittsburg Landing, which was a community in Hardin co., Tenn., 9 mi (14.5 km) S of Savannah on the west bank of the Tennessee River. After the fall of Fort Donelson to the Union army, Gen. Ulysses S. Grant advanced up the Tennessee River and established headquarters for his Army of the Tennessee (some 40,000 men) at Savannah. Five divisions were placed in the vicinity of Pittsburg Landing and one at Crump's Landing, c.5 mi (8 km) north. Meanwhile, General Buell, commanding the Army of the Ohio (35,000 men), was marching W from Nashville to join Grant and crush the Confederate army at Corinth, Miss., a strategic railway point. Gen. A. S. Johnston, about to make a stand after leading the retreat from original Confederate positions in the West, commanded the army at Corinth (40,000 men), with Gen. P. G. T. Beauregard second in command. …
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Full text Article Shiloh, Battle of

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One of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War , also known as the Battle of Pittsburgh Landing, Tennessee. Although Confederate troops caught Union forces by surprise, the Union army led by Gen. Ulysses S. Grant defeated the Confederates led by Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston after a brutal battle with…
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Full text Article Shiloh, battle of

From The Columbia Encyclopedia
Apr. 6–7, 1862, one of the great battles of the American Civil War. The battle took its name from Shiloh Church, a meetinghouse c.3 mi (5 km) SSW of Pittsburg Landing, which was a community in Hardin co., Tenn., 9 mi (14.5 km) S of Savannah on the west bank of the Tennessee River. After the fall of…
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Full text Article Shiloh, Battle of

From Britannica Concise Encyclopedia
(April 6–7, 1862) Second major engagement of the American Civil War . Union forces under Ulysses S. Grant , including William T. Sherman , camped on the Tennessee River at Pittsburg Landing, Tenn. (near Shiloh Church), in preparation for an offensive. Confederate forces under A.S. Johnston and…
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Full text Article Forrest, Nathan Bedford

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1821–77, Confederate general, b. Bedford co., Tenn. (his birthplace is now in Marshall co.). At the beginning of the Civil War, Forrest, a wealthy citizen of Memphis, organized a cavalry force, which he led at Fort Donelson (Feb., 1862) and Shiloh (April). He assumed command of a cavalry brigade in…
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Full text Article Grant, Ulysses S.

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Ulysses S. Grant. Credit:Library of Congress,...
(born April 27, 1822, Point Pleasant, Ohio, U.S.—died July 23, 1885, Mount McGregor, N.Y.) U.S. general and 18th president of the U.S. (1869–77). He served in the Mexican War (1846–48) under Zachary Taylor . After two years’ service on the Pacific coast (1852–54), during which he attempted to…
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Full text Article Detweiller, Henry

From Civil War Biographies from the Western Waters: 956 Confederate and Union Naval and Military Personnel, Contractors, Politicians, Officials, Steamboat Pilots and Others
(June 19, 1825, Lorraine, France–April 2, 1903, Peoria, IL; civilian steamboat captain). This naturalized Peoria, IL, steamboat captain and pilot worked the prewar rivers after 1841 and, between 1850 and 1860, came to know Abraham Lincoln, a frequent passenger, P.T. Barnum, and other travelers. In…
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