See how the Confederates' attack on the Union Army at Shiloh ended in large casualties for both sides
See how the Confederates' attack on the Union Army at Shiloh ended in large casualties for both sides
At the Battle of Shiloh, Union Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's forces were surprised at his headquarters. Some 40,000 Confederates pressed them to the river's edge, but Federal forces arrived overnight to reinforce them, and they turned the tide. The Union held its ground but at great cost in human life.
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Ulysses S. Grant was not always to have things on his own terms. One Sunday morning in early April at his headquarters,
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Grant's forces had been surprised -- and thus began the terrible Battle of Shiloh. Forty thousand Confederates pressed the Union troops to the very edge of the river, towards what looked like inevitable disaster . . .
But Federal reinforcements arrived overnight -- reinforcements which turned the tide of the battle, and when it was over, the Union Army held the ground -- but to the cost more terrible than could be imagined. General Grant looked over the field . . .
U. S. GRANT: "I looked to the field over which the Confederates had made charges the day before so covered with dead . . ."
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Grant's forces had been surprised -- and thus began the terrible Battle of Shiloh. Forty thousand Confederates pressed the Union troops to the very edge of the river, towards what looked like inevitable disaster . . .
But Federal reinforcements arrived overnight -- reinforcements which turned the tide of the battle, and when it was over, the Union Army held the ground -- but to the cost more terrible than could be imagined. General Grant looked over the field . . .
U. S. GRANT: "I looked to the field over which the Confederates had made charges the day before so covered with dead . . ."
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