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 Union army …showed first 75 words of 1210 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1210 total…CITED Primary Sources Crist, Lynda Lasswell 1995. The Papers of Jefferson Davis. Louisiana State University Press. Volume VIII. Moore, Frank 1865. The Rebellion Record. Arno Press. Volume XXII. H.P. Special Correspondant, "The Battle of Shiloh." April 11, 1862. New Orleans The Times-Picayune. Volume XXVI Number 65. Secondary Sources McDonough, J.L. 1934. Shiloh-In Hell Before Night. 3d ed. Tennessee Press / Knoxville Mitchell, Joseph B. 1955. Decisive Battles of the Civil War. 42-55. Putnam Press Nevin, David 1983. The Road to Shiloh. Time-Life