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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Predicate	Object
instanceOf	American Civil War battle → battle →
alsoKnownAs	Battle of Pittsburg Landing →
belligerent	Confederate States of America → 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 → P. G. T. Beauregard → Ulysses S. Grant → William Tecumseh Sherman →
conflict	American Civil War →
country	United States →
endDate	1862-04-07 →
estimatedConfederateCasualties	about 10,000 →
estimatedUnionCasualties	about 13,000 →
followedBy	Corinth campaign →
front	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 → 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 (8)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Sam Grant → Ulysses S. Grant → Union Army →	notableBattle
Braxton Bragg →	battle
Memoirs of General William T. Sherman →	describesEvent
American Civil War →	hasPart
P. G. T. Beauregard →	notableEvent
Confederate States Army →	significantBattle