North Alabama Historical Review Volume 4 North Alabama Historical Review, Volume 4, 2014 Article 9 2014 The Battle of Shiloh: Triumph, Tragedy, and the High Cost of War Kayla Scott University of North Alabama Follow this and additional works at: https://ir.una.edu/nahr Part of the Public History Commons, and the United States History Commons Recommended Citation Scott, K. (2014). The Battle of Shiloh: Triumph, Tragedy, and the High Cost of War. North Alabama Historical Review, 4 (1). Retrieved from https://ir.una.edu/nahr/vol4/iss1/9 This Article is brought to you for free and open access by UNA Scholarly Repository. It has been accepted for inclusion in North Alabama Historical Review by an authorized editor of UNA Scholarly Repository. For more information, please contact
[email protected]. The Battle of Shiloh: Triumph, Tragedy, and the High Cost of War Kayla Scott The Battle of Shiloh, also known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing, was one of the bloodiest battles in terms of deaths and casualties during the Civil War.1 Unlike the preconceived notions that the Union and Confederacy had held, the Battle of Shiloh was evidence that the war would be a long, bloody fight filled with errors. The two-day battle was fought on Sunday, April 6 and Monday, April 7, 1862.2 Union General Ulysses S. Grant joined the Army of the Tennessee after they had moved to Savannah, Tennessee. 3 The location of the camp at Pittsburg Landing was due to General William Tecumseh Sherman’s recommendation of the area. In a letter dated March 18, Sherman referred to the area of Pittsburg Landing as being a 1 David Goldfield, America Aflame: How the Civil War Created a Nation, (New York: Bloomsbury Press, 2011), 224.