The Battle of Shiloh By

Aleshia, Kaylee ,and Kaitlin

Setting Time: Lasted for 12 hours. Date: April 6,1862 Place: Hardin County, Tennessee

BATTLE LEADERS Confederacy Union

Albert Sidney Johnston P.G.T Beauregard

Ulysses S . Grant Don Carlos Buell

The Battle started because the South depended on slaves to do labor work on the plantations. Slavery was illegal in the North at the time. Which caused the battle to begin.

Statistics

North(Union) 13,000 South(Confederate) 10,000 Total-23,000 Confederate is the South Union is the North

Ulysses S. Grant was present.

Shiloh is the name of a church not the town the battle took place in.

Facts

The bloodiest battle

Don Carlos Buell was present

Albert Sidney Johnston

Confederate

UN

ION

General Ulysses S. Grant

Ulysses S . Grant

General Johnson lost his life while directing his troops from the front lines.

Almost 100,000 troops have faced each other and almost 24,000 ended as casualties.

On the morning of April 6 Johnston’s force surprised Grant in an attack that slowly pushed the union troops back from the high ground they occupied.

Did You Know?

The Union Has Won