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Union Military Leaders

Ulysses S. Grant





Don Carlos Buell

Confederate Military Leaders

Albert Sidney Johnston                                                        
                               

 Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard



 

The Church of "Peace"

• The battle was named after a church named Shiloh
• The reason the Battle of Shiloh took place at the Shiloh church was because some of Grant's troops were camped there while waiting for more troops, however Johnston's forces surprise attacked them and the battle had begun.
• The Church of Shiloh ironically translates to "Place of Peace".
• The "Place of Peace" was said to be completely destroyed after battle, and the logs were used for making a bridge.
• The church was reconstructed in 1949 and a replica of the old one was built in 2001 and now is a national park.
• The Church of Shiloh presently appears as:

• The inside of the log church looks like:

FUN FACTS 

• Its name came from Shiloh Church, located near the Union camps, which was used as a hospital for wounded troops. 
• When the confederate army attacked the Union Camp, General Johnston waved a tin cup, instead of a sword, and led his army with it since that was all he could find. 
•  This was the flag, known as the "Stars and Bars", for the Confederate army.
• Shiloh was the 9th deadliest battle in the Civil War.
• On the battlefield there was a small pond where soldiers would crawl to drink water. During the first night it turned red from all the blood and became known as the Bloody Pond.
• Drummers that played during the battle were as young as 10 years old and often killed in battle. 
• During the surprise Confederate attack after the Union troops fled, the Confederate troops stopped to eat the rest of their breakfast.

Fact Chart

Battle of Shiloh
Date April 6 – 7, 1862 Location Hardin County, Tennessee Victor Union victory
Contenders
United States (Union)	Confederate States
Military Leaders
Ulysses S. Grant Don Carlos Buell	Albert Sidney Johnston P. G. T. Beauregard
Military Units in Battle
Army of the Tennessee Army of the Ohio	Army of Mississippi
Unit Strength
66,812	44,699
Casualties and Deaths
Total: 13,047	Total: 10,699
1,754 killed 8,408 wounded 2,885 captured/missing	1,728 killed 8,012 wounded 959 captured/missing

Bloody Pond