Shiloh, Tennesse
April 6-7, 1862
Union Leader: Ulysses S. Grant
Confederate Leader: Beauregard and A. Johnston
As Grant’s army drove south towards Mississippi, they stopped at a church in Shiloh, Tennessee, and were attacked in the early morning by the Confederates. Union troops are nearly wiped out, but using reinforcements, Grant drives Beauregard men from the field. The Battle at Shiloh forced generals of both sides to think defensively and give up any hopes of a quick and easy end to the war. 13,000 Union Troops and 10,000 Confederate troops died. Although this was sort of a draw, The North claimed the land in the end. This was the bloodiest battle of the Civil War, causing more casualties than all the wars to it combined.