The Battle of Shiloh was one of bloodiest battles of the Civil War. In fact, it

was one of the bloodiest battles fought on Tennessee soil. The battle was

actually fought in Pittsburgh Landing, Tennessee. The battle was named after

a church in the area where the wounded and dead were taken. Before the

Battle of Shiloh was fought, a lot of important things happened which made the

The Confederates had just sustained very hard losses at Forts Henry and

Donelson. After these losses, General Joseph Johnston was placed in charge

of the remaining forces. General Johnston set his headquarters in Jackson,

Tennessee, and started forming the Army of Mississippi. When General Grant

started landing at Shiloh, General Albert Johnston left Nashville to take

command of the newly formed Army of Mississippi, which totaled 40,000 men.

The Union, who had come off some major victories, was not aware of the

Army of Mississippi. General Grant was moving into Tennessee with 45,000

men and was going to get 25,000 more from General Buell who was coming

from Columbia. They were delayed because of bad weather. In the gray light

army deployed for battle astride the Corinth road just a mile beyond the forward

Landing, had presented the Confederacy with an opportunity to reverse the

sunken road. They had fought well holding the Confederates for six hours.

Federals which gave ground but did not break. Casualties upon this brutal

night General Buell arrived with a fleet of boats firing. Buell’s army landed.

For years to come Union veterans were proud to say, "I fought with

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