Battle of Shiloh
​Confederate Commander
Forces Engaged: 38,773
Killed: 1,728
Wounded: 8,012
Captured or Missing: 959
Total: 10,699
April 6-7, 1862
Hardin County, Tennessee
Union victory
Federal Penetration up the Cumberland and Tennessee Rivers (1862)
Also Called: Pittsburg Landing
​Union Commander
Forces Engaged: 44,895
Killed: 1,754
Wounded: 8,408
Captured or Missing: 2,885
Total: 13,047
Confederate Officers
Confederate Order of Battle
Army of the Mississippi
Confederate Official Records
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Battlefield Trust
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The Battle of Shiloh - Surprise in Tennessee
Battle of Shiloh: Shattering Myths
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HistoryNet
Battle of Shiloh: Shattering Myths
Lasting Void: The Death of General Albert Sidney Johnston
The Brigade that Never Quit: Chalmers' Mississippians at Shiloh
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Warfare History Network
Johnston Goes after Ulysses S. Grant at Shiloh
Grant's Ordeal at the Battle of Shiloh​
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Union Officers
Brig. Gen. S. A. Hurlbut
Brig. Gen. B. M. Prentiss
Maj. Gen. James A. Garfield
Army of the Ohio
Brig. Gen. Thomas L. Crittenden
Union Order of Battle
Lt. Commander William Gwin
Lt. Commander James Shark
Union Official Records
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Army of the Tennessee
Forces Engaged: 44,895
Casualties: 10,944
Killed: 1,513
Wounded: 6,601
Missing or Captured: 2,830
Army of the Ohio
Forces Engaged:
Casualties: 2,108
Killed: 241
Wounded: 1,807
Missing or Captured: 55
What I Saw of Shiloh
by Ambrose Bierce
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