Battle of Shiloh

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American Civil War battle battle

The Battle of Shiloh was a major early American Civil War clash in April 1862 in southwestern Tennessee, marked by heavy casualties and a hard-fought Union victory that foreshadowed the war’s bloody scale.

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All labels observed (2)

Label	Occurrences
Battle of Shiloh canonical	35
Shiloh campaign	1

Statements (44)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American Civil War battle ⓘ battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs	Battle of Pittsburg Landing ⓘ
belligerent	Confederate States of America ⓘ United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States (Union)
casualtiesAndLosses	one of the bloodiest battles in American history up to that time ⓘ over 23,000 total casualties ⓘ
commander	Albert Sidney Johnston ⓘ Don Carlos Buell ⓘ Brigadier General P. G. T. Beauregard ⓘ surface form: P. G. T. Beauregard Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ William Tecumseh Sherman ⓘ
conflict	American Civil War ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
endDate	1862-04-07 ⓘ
estimatedConfederateCasualties	about 10,000 ⓘ
estimatedUnionCasualties	about 13,000 ⓘ
followedBy	Corinth campaign ⓘ
front	Western Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ surface form: Western Front of the American Civil War
hasAftermath	Union maintained foothold in southwestern Tennessee ⓘ paved way for Union operations against Corinth, Mississippi ⓘ
hasParticipant	Army of the Ohio ⓘ Army of the Tennessee ⓘ Confederate Army of Mississippi ⓘ
location	Hardin County, Tennessee ⓘ West Tennessee ⓘ surface form: Southwestern Tennessee near Pittsburg Landing ⓘ
near	Tennessee River ⓘ
notableEvent	death of Confederate General Albert Sidney Johnston ⓘ
notableLocation	Hornet's Nest ⓘ Pittsburg Landing ⓘ
partOf	Western Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
precededBy	Fort Donelson campaign ⓘ
result	Union victory ⓘ
significance	boosted the reputation of Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ demonstrated that the Civil War would be long and bloody ⓘ
startDate	1862-04-06 ⓘ
strategicObjective	Union advance into the Confederate heartland ⓘ Union control of the Tennessee River ⓘ
tacticalSummary	Confederate surprise attack on first day ⓘ Union counterattack on second day ⓘ
terrain	wooded and broken ground ⓘ
theater	Mississippi Valley Theater ⓘ
timePeriod	April 1862 ⓘ

Referenced by (36)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

American Civil War → hasPart → Battle of Shiloh ⓘ

Ulysses S. Grant → notableBattle → Battle of Shiloh ⓘ

Confederate States Army → significantBattle → Battle of Shiloh ⓘ

Memoirs of General William T. Sherman → describesEvent → Battle of Shiloh ⓘ

Braxton Bragg → battle → Battle of Shiloh ⓘ

Union Army → notableBattle → Battle of Shiloh ⓘ

Brigadier General P. G. T. Beauregard → notableEvent → Battle of Shiloh ⓘ

subject surface form: P. G. T. Beauregard

Sam Grant → notableBattle → Battle of Shiloh ⓘ

Nathan Bedford Forrest → participatedIn → Battle of Shiloh ⓘ

Western Theater of the American Civil War → majorBattle → Battle of Shiloh ⓘ

Corinth campaign → precededBy → Battle of Shiloh ⓘ

Hornet's Nest → locatedIn → Battle of Shiloh ⓘ

Pittsburg Landing → usedDuring → Battle of Shiloh ⓘ

Mississippi Valley Theater → hasKeyEvent → Battle of Shiloh ⓘ

Hardin County, Tennessee → hasHistoricEvent → Battle of Shiloh ⓘ

Leonidas Polk → participatedIn → Battle of Shiloh ⓘ

Army of the Ohio → engagement → Battle of Shiloh ⓘ

John H. Morgan → participatedIn → Battle of Shiloh ⓘ

Army of the Tennessee → engagement → Battle of Shiloh ⓘ

Confederate Army of Mississippi → engagement → Battle of Shiloh ⓘ

Joseph Wheeler → participatedInBattle → Battle of Shiloh ⓘ

Albert Sidney Johnston → battle → Battle of Shiloh ⓘ

Battle of Pittsburg Landing → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Shiloh ⓘ

Don Carlos Buell → battle → Battle of Shiloh ⓘ

Patrick Cleburne → battle → Battle of Shiloh ⓘ

Confederate artillery → engagedIn → Battle of Shiloh ⓘ

Confederate infantry → notableEngagement → Battle of Shiloh ⓘ

Henry Ware Lawton → battle → Battle of Shiloh ⓘ

James B. McPherson → notableBattle → Battle of Shiloh ⓘ

Western Union armies → engagedIn → Battle of Shiloh ⓘ

this entity surface form: Shiloh campaign

Western Union armies → notableBattle → Battle of Shiloh ⓘ

Lew Wallace → participatedIn → Battle of Shiloh ⓘ

August Willich → participantIn → Battle of Shiloh ⓘ

Federal Army → significantBattle → Battle of Shiloh ⓘ

Northern Army → engagedIn → Battle of Shiloh ⓘ

Siege of Corinth → followed → Battle of Shiloh ⓘ