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Battle of Shiloh

noun

The second great battle of the American Civil War (1862); the battle ended with the withdrawal of Confederate troops but it was not a Union victory. Synonyms: battle of Pittsburgh Landing, Shiloh.

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... West came in rapid and brilliant succession. Forts Henry and Donaldson were captured in February, 1862. The battle of Shiloh, or Pittsburg Landing, was fought in April of the same year. Vicksburg surrendered July 4th, 1863. And the battle of Chattanooga took place ...

— The Life of Abraham Lincoln • Henry Ketcham

... generation, took up the wandering thread. "The 'Lance' is my mother's maiden name—Virginia Lance she was. And her brother was David Pendleton Lance. I named your father for him because he was born on the day my young uncle was killed, in the battle of Shiloh." ...

— Joy in the Morning • Mary Raymond Shipman Andrews

... reports are printed in volume IV., and in the "Companion," or Appendix volume of Moore's Rebellion Record, which are not contained in the volumes of Military Reports as now printed. The reports of the Twentieth Ohio and the Fifty-third Ohio, of the battle of Shiloh, have never been printed. Colonel Trabue's report of his brigade in the battle of Shiloh has never been officially printed; but it is given in the history of the Kentucky Brigade from Colonel Trabue's retained copy, found by his ...

— From Fort Henry to Corinth • Manning Ferguson Force

Words linked to "Battle of Shiloh" : War between the States, Volunteer State, pitched battle, Tennessee, TN, American Civil War, United States Civil War