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Battle at Shiloh Echoes Civil War Violence
The Kansas City Star recounts the 1862 Shiloh clash in western Tennessee, noting it as one of history’s bloodiest battles. Union and Confederate forces fought near Shiloh Church with heavy casualties, delays by General Wallace, and a night of rain and dawn counterattacks that left both sides exhausted and the field strewn with dead.
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Tennessee
Austerlitz
Marengo
Solferino
Gravelotte
Sedan
Wagram
Blenheim
Shiloh
Pittsburg Landing
Corinth
Buell
Pittsburg
Grant
Savannah
Wallace
Battle Field
Crump
War Department
Department
Morgan L. Smith
Beauregard
Sherman
Prentiss
Lew Wallace
Johnston
Shiloh Church
Kansas City Star