✦ History

Part of American Civil War

Battle of Shiloh

April 6–7, 1862 · Battle of Shiloh

Result Union victory

A. S. Johnston surprised Grant at Pittsburg Landing; Johnston was killed and Grant and Buell drove the Confederates back on the second day.

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Union

Confederacy

United States
Confederate States of America
Ulysses S. Grant military commander Don Carlos Buell military commander
P. G. T. Beauregard military commander Albert Sidney Johnston military commander

Strength and losses

Strength
66,81265,085, 62,682, 60,000
Casualties
13,04713,047
Killed
1,7541,800, 1,754
Wounded
8,4088,400, 8,408
Missing
2,8852,800, 2,885
Guns lost
33
Strength
44,96840,335, 40,000
Casualties
10,699
Killed
1,7231,730, 1,723
Wounded
8,0121,000, 8,012
Missing
9591,000, 959
Guns lost
30

Units

Army of the Ohio Army of the Tennessee Union Army 147th Regiment (United States) 6th Indiana Infantry Regiment 9th Illinois Infantry Regiment 9th Indiana Infantry Regiment
Army of Mississippi (1862) 1st Alabama Cavalry Regiment (Confederate) 8th Confederate Cavalry Regiment

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