History of the United States I / Unit 15 USH1 2128 short lesson, about 20 seconds
Shiloh
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The idea
Confederate general Albert Sidney Johnston attacked Grant's camp near Shiloh church on the Tennessee River on the morning of April sixth, eighteen sixty-two.
In practice
William Tecumseh Sherman rallying the line while Grant, on crutches, called up reinforcements.
Where people slip
Many Union troops fled in terror. Johnston died that afternoon, and reinforced Union forces routed the Confederates the next day.
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