Shiloh

Question 0

Two union goals

Answer 0

1. Seize control of Tennessee and Mississippi rivers

2. Seize important railroad junction

Question 1

Location

Answer 1

Shiloh is in the West Southern Tennessee

Question 2

Ulysses S Grant

Answer 2

Cmdr. of Union troops in the west

Question 3

Troop strength

Answer 3

Confederates 45,000 union 65,000 split up

Question 4

Confederates attack

Answer 4

Union troops were not prepared

Question 5

The rumor

Answer 5

Grant was drunk so he didn’t prepare

Question 6

Grants bad day

Answer 6

Union Army pushback and trapped against the Tennessee River

Question 7

The Hornets nest

Answer 7

4000 union soldiers hold off Confederate Army for four hours more than half of their union soldiers die

Question 8

Dug in for the night

Answer 8

Grant is able to survive because of defensive at hornets nest 10,000 Union reinforcements arrive at night by steamboat

Question 9

Day 2

Answer 9

Union drives confederates often and wins 13,000 union casualties 11,000 Confederate casualties wow

Question 10

Ulysses Grants reward for winning

Answer 10

He was demoted but later he is promoted by his biggest fan