The commanding general of the Union was only in command because Major General C.F. Smith was injured. The leaders of the defense included William J. H
The commanding general of the Union was only in command because Major General C.F. Smith was injured. The leaders of the defense included William J. Hardee, who attacked William Sherman's forces on the left flank. In this battle, John McClernand attacked Leonidas Polk along the Purdy Road. On the second day of this battle, General Don Carlos Buell came down from Tennessee and forced the Confederates to retreat to the town of Corinth. The Union was trying to capture the Memphis and Charleston Railroad in, for ten points, which Civil War Battle of 1862 also known as Pittsburgh Landing, the bloodiest battle of the Civil War?
The commanding general of the Union was only in command because Major General C.F. Smith was injured.
Battle of {Shiloh} (accept {Battle} of {Pittsburgh Landing} until mentioned)