Analysis Of The Battle Of Shiloh

I am currently fighting the Battle of Shiloh, also known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing. We are located in Southwestern Tennessee. General Ulysses S. Grant has been moving us, the north, to gain control over more land. we fighting to free slavery and i am more than honored to be here. If i had the chance to switch sides i would not. Previous to this battle we had fought our way to many victories.The union had gained control over Kentucky and most of Tennessee. On April 6, 1862 we tried to gain control over the Tennessee river, we did not succeed. We were moved back two miles and preparing to attack again. We were once weak until we met up with General Buell’s army. This allowed us to make a very surprising counterattack the next morning.

McDonough, James L. War In Kentucky: From Shiloh to Perryville. Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 1994

No other war seems to hold our focus like the Civil War. Scholars have chosen to make it their life's work, authors have written reams about it, and we all feel some kind of connection to the Civil War. This paper was created to highlight some of the major battles that took place during that conflict. Major battles usually marked a drastic change in the momentum from one side to the other or led to massive losses of troops. These battles and their results all played a huge part in the outcome of the war.

After Shiloh the South would never smile again. Known originally as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing, The Battle of Shiloh was the bloodiest battle fought in North America up to that time. Pittsburg Landing was an area from where the Yankees planned to attack the Confederates who had moved from Fort Donelson to Corinth, Mississippi. The North was commanded by General Ulysses S. Grant and the South by General Albert Sydney Johnston.

The second phase of the Battle of Shiloh starts as reinforcements from General Buell’s Army of the Ohio and a unit of Grant’s own reserve division joined the Union Army now positioned at Pittsburg Landing. These reinforcements added over 22,500 men to the Union lines13 bringing the total number of Union forces to over 45,000, which is more than they had on 6 April, the first day of fighting.14 On April 7, General Grant renewed the fighting with an aggressive counteract.15 Greatly outnumbered (Confederate forces now around 25,000) and disorganized the Confederate forces now under General Beauregard fought hard but eventually had to retreat to back Corinth.16 The second phase of the Battle of Shiloh was won by General Grant and his Union forces due to two main reasons. The first, Union troop numbers greatly outnumbered their enemy, over 45,000 to 25,000 respectively. And secondly, the reinforcements received by General Grant had not fought the day before and were fresh and excited to fight, unlike the exhausted remaining Confederate troops.17 This was the bloodiest battle fought on American soil up to that point, with 23,746 casualties (Union: 13,047; Confederate: 10,699).18 The Union lost more men but claimed the victory because the Confederate Army retreated back to Corinth, Mississippi.

The Battle of Philippi was fought on June 3, 1861 in what is now western Virginia. It was known as “the first land battle of the Civil War” or “the first inland battle of the Civil War.” “A minor affair that lasted less than 20 minutes and resulted in no fatalities, it would barely be a footnote of the American Civil War except that it marked the first inland clash between significant numbers of troops.”(http://www.historynet.com/battle-of-philippi). The town Philippi, consisted of less than 500 people,who had little military training. The real town that was meant to be attacked was Grafton. General Robert E. Lee, who was commander of all military forces in Virginia, sent Col. George Porterfield to organize the troops assembling at Grafton and hold the rail lines. He finally received very few reinforcements and about 1,000 rusty muskets, and at least 1,500 percussion caps meant for shotguns. Since he was unable to hold Grafton, Porterfield and the troops left to Philippi. “At the governor’s suggestion, Porterfield burned a few bridges to slow any movements against him from Wheeling in the state’s northern panhandle.”(http://www.historynet.com/battle-of-philippi). This opened an opportunity for Major General George B. McClellan, commander of the Department of Ohio. Porterfield and McClellan had been held by by their superior officers who were still pending on Virginia’s vote to secede. They were on the north side

The Battle of Shiloh is also called The Battle of Pittsburg Landing and was fought April 6-7, 1862. The battle took place in southwest Tennessee, the western theater. An army known as the Army of Tennessee, lead by Ulysses Grant, advanced into Tennessee territory by route of the Tennessee River. While they were camped deep in Tennessee territory the Confederate Army of Mississippi launched a surprise attack on General Grant and his soldiers. General Albert Sidney Johnston and his second-in-command P. G. T. Beauregard initiated the first assault on the Union troops. Unfortunately General Johnston was mortally wounded. General Beauregard decided not to continue the attack throughout the evening. In the morning Grant’s army having been reinforced

The three probably most important battles of the Civil War were great victories, but came at a price.

In “Shiloh,” by Bobbie Ann Mason, the reader is able to glimpse the beginning of the end of a marriage. Mason allows the audience to see the different strings unravel as the character’s separates from each other, emotionally, mentally and physically. In “Shiloh,” a woman’s husband, Leroy, has been in an accident and is no longer able to continue with his work of truck driving. The woman, Norma Jean, is unable to cope with her husband being home all of the time and begins to find ways to get away from him and her overbearing mother, Mabel. Throughout the story we see Leroy’s struggle to stay with his wife and Norma Jean’s struggle to break away from her husband. As Leroy and Norma’s marriage continues to drift apart, Mabel

Civil War historians view the Battle of Chancellorsville as General Robert E. Lee’s “greatest and most remarkable” victory (Sears 1). Lee, facing an army twice his size, defies all military doctrine and divides his army multiple times in order to out-maneuver and surprise the Union forces. The daring maneuver succeeds and ultimately forces the Union’s Army of the Potomac to retreat. The victory was another major blow to Union troops, but it came at a huge cost to the Confederacy: the loss of General Thomas J. “Stonewall” Jackson. By evaluating the battle through the lens of the mission command activities, one can see how Lee’s daring maneuver was actually very calculated and his only option for victory. Throughout the rest of this paper, I will describe the timeline of the battle and how General Lee used the mission command activities of understand, visualize, assess, and lead to ultimately achieve victory at Chancellorsville.

“Am I still king around here?” (Mason 74). Shows the continual strain of conventional gender roles in the short story, Shiloh by Bobbie Ann Mason. The setting of the short story was placed in western Kentucky in the 1960s, during the time of the famous feminist movement. A time where women strived for equal treatment, and they fought against gender stereotypes. The award winning short story collection has brought across the image of western Kentucky life and the effects of society on men and women during the 1960s. Shiloh by Bobbie Ann Mason is highly influenced by the 1960s and the Feminist Perspective which is revealed through the character description of gender roles Norma Jean and Leroy.

The Battle of Antietam could have been a devastating and fatal blow to the Confederate Army if Gen. McClellan acted decisively, took calculated risks, and veered away from his cautious approach to war. There are many instances leading up to the battle and during the battle in which he lacks the necessary offensive initiative to effectively cripple and ultimately win the war. This paper is intended to articulate the failure of Mission Command by GEN McClellan by pointing out how he failed to understand, visualize, describe and direct the battlefield to his benefit.

Grant moved his army cautiously into enemy territory in Tennessee, in what later was one of the bloodiest battles of the Civil War, known as the Battle of Shiloh. (bio.) Confederate commanders Albert Sidney Johnston and P.G.T. Beauregard ran a shock attack against Grant's forces, known as the "Hornets' Nest" during the first wave of assault. General Johnston was wounded, second-in-command, General Beauregard, decided alongside a night assault on Grant's forces. Reinforcement finally arrived, and that’s when Grant was able to overthrow the Confederates on the second day of battle. The Battle of Shiloh was proven to be a turning point for the American military and almost a disaster for Grant. However he was supported by President Abraham Lincoln, Grant was faced with heavy disapproval from members of Congress and the military brass for the high losses. His replacement was led by the war department

This most important Civil War Battle occurred over three summer days, July 1 - July 3 1863, around the small town of Gettysburg, Pennsylvania. It began as not that big of a deal but by the time it ended, there were 160,000 Americans. Before the battle, a lot major cities in the North such as Philadelphia, Baltimore and even Washington D.C, were under threat of attack from General Robert E. Lee’s Confederate Army of Northern Virginia which had crossed the Potomac River and marched into Pennsylvania. The Union Army of the Potomac under its new commander, General George G. Meade, marched to intercept Lee. ( Jeffry D. Wert)

The shocking battle that left many wounded or even dead on July 21, 1861 is said to be the beginning of the American Civil war. Just miles from Washington D.C in Manassas, Virginia, this bloody battle left nearly 460 Union soldiers dead and about 1,124 wounded, as well as 387 killed for the Confederacy and 1,582 wounded. The soldiers that were interviewed were saying that “ The battlefield was a bloodbath!”. More than 28,000 Union troops were pushed down into Virginia by President Lincoln to attack the Confederacy. The Union troops arrived in Manassas on July 18, Gen. McDowell (Union) had already set up two columns to attack. He planned to strike the Confederates troops left flank while a third circles the far right flank and south to create