American Civil War · BATTLE SITE ·
Battle of Shiloh (1862)
On the American Civil War map as “Shiloh”
6–7 Apr 1862 — A Confederate dawn attack nearly drives Grant into the Tennessee River; the second day reverses it. 23,700 casualties — more than all previous American wars combined — end every remaining illusion of a short war.
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- Anaconda Plan and the river war (chapter 5 of American Civil War)
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- The American Civil War, 1840–1877
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