USA HISTORY

Detailed explanation-1: -Grant brought his army, 42, 000 strong, to rendezvous with General Don Carlos Buell and his 20, 000 troops. Grant’s objective was Corinth, a vital rail center near the Tennessee border that, if captured, would give the Union total control of the region. Twenty miles away, Johnston lurked at Corinth with 45, 000 soldiers.

Detailed explanation-2: -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.

Detailed explanation-3: -The capture of forts Henry and Donelson in Tennessee were major victories for Ulysses S. Grant.

Detailed explanation-4: -Johnston attacked, driving the surprised bluecoats back near a small church called Shiloh, meaning “place of peace.” Throughout the day, the Confederates battered the Union army, driving it back towards Pittsburgh Landing and threatening to trap it against the Tennessee River.