Battle of Pittsburg Landing

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The Battle of Pittsburg Landing, more commonly known as the Battle of Shiloh, was a major early Civil War clash in April 1862 in Tennessee that resulted in massive casualties and signaled the brutal scale of the conflict to come.

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Battle of Pittsburg Landing canonical 2

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Predicate Object
instanceOf American Civil War battle ⓘ
battle ⓘ
alsoKnownAs Battle of Shiloh ⓘ
belligerent Confederate States of America ⓘ
United States (Union) ⓘ
casualtiesDescription one of the bloodiest battles in American history up to that time ⓘ
casualtiesEstimate over 23,000 total casualties ⓘ
category Battles involving the Confederate States ⓘ
Battles involving the United States ⓘ
Battles of the Western Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
commander Albert Sidney Johnston ⓘ
Don Carlos Buell ⓘ
P. G. T. Beauregard ⓘ
Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ
ConfederateArmy Army of Mississippi ⓘ
conflict American Civil War ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dayOneOutcome Confederate forces drove Union troops back toward the Tennessee River ⓘ
dayTwoOutcome Union counterattack pushed Confederate forces back and won the field ⓘ
earlyWar yes ⓘ
endDate 1862-04-07 ⓘ
followedBy Siege of Corinth ⓘ
JohnstonStatus highest-ranking officer killed in action during the American Civil War ⓘ
location Hardin County, Tennessee ⓘ
Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee ⓘ
linked to: Pittsburg Landing
nearPlace Shiloh Church, Tennessee ⓘ
linked to: Shiloh Church
notableCommanderConfederate Albert Sidney Johnston ⓘ
P. G. T. Beauregard ⓘ
notableCommanderUnion Don Carlos Buell ⓘ
Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ
notableEvent death of Confederate General Albert Sidney Johnston ⓘ
partOf Operations against Corinth, Mississippi ⓘ
Union campaign in the Western Theater ⓘ
precededBy Battle of Fort Donelson ⓘ
result Union victory ⓘ
river Tennessee River ⓘ
scale major battle ⓘ
significance demonstrated the brutal scale of the American Civil War ⓘ
secured a strategic Union foothold in western Tennessee ⓘ
shocked the North and South with its high casualties ⓘ
startDate 1862-04-06 ⓘ
state Tennessee ⓘ
strategicObjectiveConfederate launch surprise attack to defeat Grant’s army before it could be reinforced ⓘ
strategicObjectiveUnion protect and expand Union control along the Tennessee River ⓘ
tactics Confederate surprise attack on Union camps at dawn ⓘ
theater Western Theater of the American Civil War ⓘ
UnionArmy Army of the Ohio ⓘ
Army of the Tennessee ⓘ
year 1862 ⓘ

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Battle of Shiloh → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Pittsburg Landing ⓘ
Battle of Shiloh → alsoKnownAs → Battle of Pittsburg Landing ⓘ