MAPS OF HISTORY · ON THIS DAY · April 7
THE DAY IN HISTORY · APRIL 7
April 7 in history
1862 — 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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