(A) ** Hardin County
(B) Richmond Virginia
(C) ** Tennessee
(D) Mississippi
EXPLANATIONS BELOW
Concept note-1: -Hardin County, TN | Apr 6-7, 1862. The Battle of Shiloh, also known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing, allowed Union troops to penetrate the Confederate interior. The carnage was unprecedented, with the human toll being the greatest of any war on the American continent up to that date.
Concept note-2: -Shiloh Battlefield Visitor Center is located at 1055 Pittsburg Landing Road in Shiloh, TN.
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.
Concept note-4: -General Albert Sidney Johnston, commander of Confederate forces in the Western Theater, hoped to defeat Union major general Ulysses S. Grant’s Army of the Tennessee before it could be reinforced by Maj. Gen. Don Carlos Buell’s Army of the Ohio, which was marching from Nashville.