major Union base of operations at Battle of Shiloh

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The major Union base of operations at the Battle of Shiloh was a strategically vital riverside staging area on the Tennessee River that served as the primary foothold and supply hub for Union forces during the engagement.

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instanceOf Civil War battlefield site ⓘ
Union military base of operations ⓘ
associatedWithBattle Battle of Shiloh ⓘ
commanderAtBattle Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ
commandStructure under overall Union command of Major General Ulysses S. Grant ⓘ
country United States ⓘ
dateOfBattle April 6–7, 1862 ⓘ
locatedIn Hardin County, Tennessee ⓘ
locatedOn Tennessee River ⓘ
militaryRole evacuation and medical evacuation point ⓘ
logistical base ⓘ
troop concentration area ⓘ
nearbySettlement Savannah, Tennessee ⓘ
opposedBy Confederate Army of Mississippi ⓘ
partOf Shiloh National Military Park ⓘ
presentDayUse historic site and visitor area within Shiloh National Military Park ⓘ
reinforcementsArrivedFrom Don Carlos Buell’s Army of the Ohio ⓘ
servedAs Union riverside staging area at the Battle of Shiloh ⓘ
major Union base of operations at the Battle of Shiloh ⓘ
primary Union supply hub at the Battle of Shiloh ⓘ
strategicImportance enabled rapid movement of Union troops by river transport ⓘ
provided secure foothold on the west bank of the Tennessee River ⓘ
served as main depot for Union ammunition and supplies ⓘ
served as primary point for landing Union reinforcements ⓘ
terrainFeature river bluff and landing area ⓘ
timePeriod 19th century ⓘ
transportMode steamboat ⓘ
usedBy Union Army of the Ohio ⓘ
Union Army of the Tennessee ⓘ
usedDuringConflict American Civil War ⓘ

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Pittsburg Landing → hasHistoricalSignificance → major Union base of operations at Battle of Shiloh ⓘ