A group of reinforcements missed the first day of this battle by trying to take the Shunpike Road while under the direction of Lew Wallace. A force of sixty-two cannon assembled on Duncan Field during this battle was attributed to the command of Daniel Ruggles. That artiller
A group of reinforcements missed the first day of this battle by trying to take the Shunpike Road while under the direction of Lew Wallace. A force of sixty-two cannon assembled on Duncan Field during this battle was attributed to the command of Daniel Ruggles. That artillery fired on the men of Benjamin Prentiss, whose position in this battle was nicknamed the Hornet's Nest. During the first day of this battle, the Confederate general Albert Sidney Johnston was killed. This battle is also known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing. For 10 points, name this Civil War victory for the Union under Ulysses S. Grant fought in April 1862 in Tennessee.
A group of reinforcements missed the first day of this battle by trying to take the Shunpike Road while under the direction of Lew Wallace.
Battle of Shiloh [or Battle of Pittsburg Landing before it is read]