After two months of disastrous reverses, Gen. Albert Sydney Johnston gathered Confederate forces in the West to strike back at Ulysses S. Grant's Union army. April 6, 1862 Johnston surprised Grant at Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River. Fierce day-long fighting at places like Shiloh Church, the Peach Orchard, and the Hornets' Nest not only took Johnston's life but also slowed his army's advance enough to make it fall just short of driving Grant's battered army into the river. With the arrival of heavy reinforcements next day Grant took the offensive, regaining the ground he had lost the day before.

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Date Posted	Title
January 27, 2005	Franklin W. Mann, Co. E, 46th Illinois - saw action at Shiloh - Corinth
January 19, 2005	Ira A. Batterton -8th IL, Co. K - saw action at Corinth - Iuka - Shiloh
October 16, 2004	Major-General Alvan C. Gillem - led at Shiloh/Corinth
June 19, 2004	Robert F. Mercer, 8th IL Infantry, Company K
February 26, 2004	Ferdinand Hidenrich, Co. G, 11th ILL Cavalry
September 30, 2003	Pvt. Robert Burrows, 77th PA Volunteer Infantry
June 19, 2003	Jesse Fulmer, 11th PA Inf., - Fought at Shiloh
June 18, 2003	Jan Leslie [Lesley] Brown, Co.B., 6th KY Cavalry (CSA)
June 16, 2003	Maj.-Gen., Benjamin M. Prentiss - captured at Shiloh
June 16, 2003	Maj-Gen., Thomas L Crittendon - led at Shiloh
June 16, 2003	Colonel, 8th Missouri - fought at Shiloh
June 16, 2003	Sgt. Gideon Ditto, served in Company B, 81st OVI - fought at Shiloh
March 20, 2003	Private William H. Hay of Mason; died of wounds received at Shiloh
March 19, 2003	Dead horses being burned after the battle of Shiloh.
March 10, 2003	Johnny Shiloh (Clem) -- Youngest soldier ever to serve in the armed forces.
March 03, 2003	Major John L Davidson, 26th KY Vol. Inf., KIA at Shiloh
February 27, 2003	8th Illinois Infantry men - CDVs
February 19, 2003	Prentiss's First Defensive Line
February 10, 2003	Prelude to Bloody Sunday - The Battle of Shiloh - Part One - The Confederate Situation
February 06, 2003	“Battle of Shiloh” Facts You Should Know

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