apr 6, 1862 - Battle of Shiloh

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Confederates launch a surprise attack on Gen. Ulysses S. Grant's troops at Shiloh on the Tennessee River. Results: a bitter struggle with 13,000 Union killed and wounded and 10,000 Confederates, more men than in all previous American wars combined. The president is then pressured to relieve Grant but resists.

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