The combined Confederate forces under Beauregard and…

April 1862 CE

The combined Confederate forces under Beauregard and Johnston surprise Grant's unprepared Army of West Tennessee with a massive dawn assault at Pittsburg Landing in the Battle of Shiloh on April 6.

In the first day of the battle, the Confederate onslaught drives Grant back against the Tennessee but cannot defeat him.

Johnston is mortally wounded leading an infantry charge on this day; he is considered by Jefferson Davis to be the most effective general in the Confederacy at this time.

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Pittsburg Landing Hardin Tennessee United States View →

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Albert Sidney Johnston View → Don Carlos Buell View → Lew Wallace View → P. G. T. Beauregard View → Ulysses S. Grant View →

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Tennessee, State of (U.S.A.) View → United States of America (US, USA) (Washington DC) View → Confederate States of America (C.S.A.) View →

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American Civil War (War between the States, War of the Rebellion, War of Secession, War for Southern Independence) View → Western Theater of the American Civil War View → Shiloh, Battle of View →

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