USA HISTORY

Union victory in southwest Tennessee that was the first battle with huge casualties.

(A) Vicksburg

(B) First Bull Run

(C) ** Shiloh

(D) Gettysburg

(E) Appomattox Court House

Concept note-1: -Union victory. The South’s defeat at Shiloh ended the Confederacy’s hopes of blocking the Union advance into Mississippi and doomed the Confederate military initiative in the West. With the loss of their commander, Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston, in battle, Confederate morale plummeted.

Concept note-2: -Civil War historian Shelby Foote summarizes the battle: Union losses were 1754 killed, 8408 wounded, 2885 captured: total, 13, 047-about 2000 of them Buell’s. Confederate losses were 1723 killed, 8012 wounded, 959 missing: total, 10, 694.

Concept note-3: -The battle began when the Confederate Army launched a surprise attack on Union forces under General Ulysses S. Grant in southwestern Tennessee. After initial successes, the Confederates were unable to hold their positions and were forced back, resulting in a Union victory.