Shiloh National Military Park marks the site of the first major engagement in the Western Theatre of the Civil War. The bloody two day battle in April of 1862 did not result in victory for either side. The Union forces held the battlefield itself, but failed to pursue the Confederates, who could claim the battle was a success because they were able to stop what had planned to be a much larger invasion. The Confederates did suffer a major loss, General Albert Sidney Johnson, who was considered by Confederate President Jefferson Davis, as the finest military officer in their army.See More picture of Shiloh here.
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