Civil War: Shiloh Flashcards
What percent of general Wallace’s had not seen war?
50%
Union forces were under____.
Ulysses S. Grant
Recruits that have never seen war
Raw recruits
Sherman expected the South to only fight a ____ war.
Defensive
Confederate Albert Sydney ___ was in charge of his Mississippi troops
Johnston
Ann Dickey Wallace arrived by steamboat at _____.
Pittsburg Landing
Federal forces raced in ____ to the TN River.
Retreat
The stretch of old wagon road that the union lined up at in Pittsburg landing was latter known as the _____.
Hornet’s Nest
_______ were being done by the dozens at a make shift hospital.
Amputations
When General Johnston died _____ took control of the Confed.
Pierre Beauregard
Instead of continuing to chase the union troops, General Beauregard ____ his troops.
Rested
On the 7th, While the Confed. rested, the union forces did what?
Regained their position from the day before
What day did the battle of Shiloh begin?
April 6, 1862
April 8, Union generals grant and bull allowed the confed. to _____.
Retreat to Corinth, Mississippi
April 10, William Wallace _____ with his wife by his side.
Died