2.A locality in southwest Tennessee east of Memphis. The Civil War Battle of Shiloh (April 6-7, 1862) ended in the withdrawal of Confederate troops but claimed more than 10,000 casualties on both the Union and Confederate sides. American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, Fifth...
Perhaps one of the most crucial engagements of the war was the battle of Shiloh (April 6-7, 1862), in which Confederate forces surprised Union divisions near the Shiloh Church in southwestern Tennessee. Often considered the turning point of the war, the battle of Shiloh provided the Union ...
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The Battle of Shiloh was fought near Pittsburg Landing in Southern Tennessee. The battlefield was near Shiloh church, hence the name of the battle. How did the Union win the Battle of Shiloh? The Union was forced to retreat after the first day of the battle. That night, the Army of Ohi...
Twitter Google Share on Facebook Shiloh, battle of Shiloh, battle of,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...
Tennessee Thomas George Henry TN United States Civil War Volunteer State War Between the States References in periodicals archive ? In "Attack at Daylight and Whip Them: The Battle of Shiloh, April 6-7, 1862", Civil War historian Greg Mertz (who grew up on the Shiloh battlefield, hiking it...
village on the west bank of the Jordan River, perhaps from an alteration of Hebrewshalo"to be peaceful." The American Civil War battle fought in western Tennessee (April 6-7, 1862) was so called for being fought around the littleShilohlog church (Methodist), which was destroyed in the bat...
1862, the Confederate Army of the Mississippi under Johnston launched an attack on Maj. Gen. Grant’s Army of the Tennessee near Pittsburg Landing. One author has even gone so far as to call it the Pearl Harbor of the Civil War. In actuality, Shiloh was not all that much of a surprise...
a major battle of theAmerican Civil War, fought on 6-7 April 1862 at Pittsburgh Landing,Tennessee. It was won by the US Army, led by GeneralUlysses S Grant, after it had been forced back on the first day. More than 10 000 soldiers were killed or wounded on both sides. The vi...
Shiloh village on the west bank of the Jordan River, perhaps from an alteration of Hebrew shalo "to be peaceful." The American Civil War battle (April 6-7, 1862) was so called for being fought around the Shiloh church in Tennessee, which was destroyed in the battle....