2. • In April 1862 General Ulysses S. Grant's army was
encamped along the Tennessee River just north of the
Mississippi border; poised to strike a blow into the
heartland of the South
3. It was the Union and the Confederate. It was fought in
April of 1862. Days: 6th and 7th. At Hardin Couny
Tennessee. the Confederate.
4. The Battle of Shiloh occurred because Union victories
had caused the South to lose western Kentucky and
middle Tennessee. The South also lost control of the
Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers. The North now
controlled the upper Mississippi and a victory at
Shiloh would open the lower half of the Mississippi to
Union forces. General Sidney Johnston developed a
Confederate plan that would defeat the Union forces
5. Union casualties were 13,047 (1,754 killed, 8,408
wounded, and 2,885 missing); Grant's army bore the
brunt of the fighting over the two days, with casualties
of 1,513 killed, 6,601 wounded, and 2,830 missing or
captured. Confederate casualties were 10,699 (1,728
killed, 8,012 wounded, and 959 missing or
captured).[55] This total of 23,746 men represented
more than the American battle-related casualties of
the American Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, and
the Mexican-American War combined.
24,000 dead
7. The Confederates under Sidney Johnston, who was
killed in the battle. While there were more Union than
Confederate casualties, the Union won the battle
8. The Union won a decisive victory over the
Confederacy.
The Union and the Confederacy suffered terrible
losses.
The Confederacy shocked the Union in a stunning
victory.
The Union and the Confederacy called to end the war.
