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The Battle Digest summary includes all the key aspects of the campaign and battle, including maps, images, and lessons learned. After his early success in the Civil War’s Western Theater, Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant moved south to capture the key railroad hub at Corinth and further cut into the Confederate hold on the Tennessee and Mississippi River Valleys. But Confederate Gen. Albert S. Johnston wasn’t playing by Grant’s script. Instead of waiting for Grant to combine armies with Maj. Gen. Don Carlos Buell, Johnston moved north for a surprise attack. It almost worked. But after taking a beating the first day, a resolute Grant rallied his army and pushed the Confederates back, salvaging victory from what appeared to be certain defeat and further opening the Confederacy’s vulnerable Western flank. But Shiloh was also a sobering wake-up call for both sides. With carnage on a scale not seen before, all illusions of a short and low-cost war were shattered.
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Christopher J. Petty
Christopher J. Petty is a retired Army Brigadier General, a graduate of West Point, and the U.S. Army War College. His career spanned multiple commands, including combat operations during the Iraq "Surge" and a NATO command in Bosnia. Chris's unique blend of three decades of military experience, love of history, and a passion for understanding the timeless lessons of war, make Battle Digest a unique, time-saving, and powerful resource.
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Battle Digest - Christopher J. Petty
BATTLE DIGEST
Lessons for Today’s Leaders Volume 2 * Issue 9
American Civil War:
Shiloh
DATE:
April 6–7, 1862
LOCATION:
Western Tennessee near Pittsburg Landing
OPPOSING FORCES
Confederate Army: 40,000 troops of the Army of Mississippi, commanded by General Albert Sidney Johnston. Corps commanders were Maj. Gen. Leonidas Polk (I Corps), Maj. Gen. Braxton Bragg (II Corps), Maj. Gen. William Hardee (III Corps), and Brig. Gen. John Breckinridge (Reserve Corps). Maj. Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard commanded the army after Johnston’s death.
Union Army: 62,000 troops, from both the Army of the Tennessee under Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant and the Army of the Ohio, under Maj. Gen. Don Carlos Buell. Grant’s division commanders were Maj. Gen. John McClernand (1st Div.), Brig. Gen. W.H.L. Wallace (2nd Div.), Maj. Gen. Lew Wallace (3rd Div.), Brig. Gen. Stephen Hurlbut (4th Div.), Brig. Gen. William T. Sherman (5th Div.), and Brig. Gen. Benjamin Prentiss (6th Div.). Buell’s four divisions took part on the second day.
HISTORICAL SIGNIFICANCE
After his early success in the Civil War’s Western Theater, Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant moved south to capture the key railroad hub at Corinth and further cut into the Confederate hold
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