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Shiloh Battle Endured Horrors Shaped American Memory
The article recalls Shiloh as a brutal Civil War engagement near the Tennessee River that revealed American toughness and fighting ferocity. It notes Ulysses S. Grant's forces under Sherman clashing with Albert Sidney Johnston and P G T Beauregard, and discusses the battle’s heavy casualties and its role in Memorial Day origins. It also mentions a 1930s homecoming at Hankins Normal College.
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