American Civil War · BATTLE SITE · 1862

Battle of Shiloh (1862)

On the American Civil War map as “Shiloh”

6–7 Apr 1862 — A Confederate attack at dawn nearly drives Grant into the Tennessee River. On the second day the fighting reverses. The battle produces 23,700 casualties, more than all previous American wars combined, and dispels any remaining illusion of a short war.

When

6–7 Apr 1862

Type

Battle site

Chapter

Anaconda Plan and the river war (chapter 5 of American Civil War)

Atlas

The American Civil War, 1840–1877

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