Shiloh National Military Park, TennesseeDillahunty, Albert
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Shiloh National Military Park, Tennessee
Dillahunty, Albert
Shiloh National Military Park (Tenn. and Miss.); Shiloh, Battle of, Tenn., 1862
The army under Generals Johnston and Beauregard had gone into battle
with 43,968 men of all arms and condition. They received no
reinforcements, except 731 men of Col. Munson R. Hill’s Tennessee
Regiment who had reached the front unarmed and were furnished with arms
and equipment picked up from the field. The Southerners lost 1,728
killed, 8,012 wounded, and 959 captured or missing, or a total of 10,699
casualties.
_“Present” and “Casualties” at Shiloh_
Present for duty Casualties
Killed Wounded Missing Total
UNION
Army of the Tennessee (April 39,830 1,433 6,202 2,818 10,453
6)
_Reinforcements (April 7)_
Army of the Tennessee 7,337 80 399 12 491
Army of the Ohio 17,918 241 1,807 55 2,103
Total Federals engaged[1] 65,085 1,754 8,408 2,885 13,047
CONFEDERATE
Army of the Mississippi 43,968 1,728 8,012 959 10,699
(April 6)
_Reinforcements (April 7)_
Hill’s 47th Tennessee 731
Total Confederates engaged 44,699 1,728 8,012 959 10,699
Grand Total 109,784 3,482 16,420 3,844 23,746
[1]Does not include 1,727 troops left at Crump’s Landing as rear guard.
During the first few weeks following the battle, both sides claimed a
victory. The Confederates based their claim upon the facts that they had
inflicted an almost complete rout on the Federals on Sunday, April 6,
and that they had been able to hold a part of the field until they
withdrew in good order on Monday. Furthermore, they said, the Union
armies were so battered that they were unable to pursue.
[Illustration: _Shiloh National Cemetery._]
[Illustration: _Bloody Pond._]
[Illustration: CONFEDERATE PLAN OF BATTLE]
Johnston expected to push rapidly with his right wing around Grant’s
left as shown by the long black arrow. Such a move would drive the
Federal Army downstream away from its base of supplies at Pittsburg
Landing. The Confederates would then envelop and defeat the
Federals.
[Illustration: HOW THE BATTLE WAS FOUGHT]
The Battle of Shiloh developed into a series of frontal attacks with
the left of the Confederate Army moving faster than the right. By
the end of the first day the Federals had been pushed back into
their base of supplies at Pittsburg Landing where they were strongly
protected by gunboats and artillery. On the second day, Federal
reinforcements turned the tide of battle and swept the Confederates
from the field.
The Federals claimed the victory upon the grounds that on Monday evening
they had recovered their encampments and had possession of the field
from which the Confederates had retired, leaving behind a large number
of their dead and wounded.
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