Lithograph of The Battle of Shiloh or Pittsburg Landing by J. H Lithograph of The Battle of Shiloh or Pittsburg Landing by J. H. Bufford. Image from the Library of Congress.

Battle of Shiloh Facts Location: Pittsburg Landing, Hardin County, Tennessee Dates: April 6-7, 1862 Generals Union:  Ulysses S. Grant, Army of the Tennessee, 47,700 Don Carlos Buell, of the Ohio, 18,000 Confederate:  Albert Sidney Johnston, Army of the Mississippi, 45,000 P.G.T. Beauregard , (following Johnston’s death) Soldiers Engaged Union: 66,000 Confederate: 44,700

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The Generals Generals Union:  Ulysses S. Grant, Army of the Tennessee, 47,700 Don Carlos Buell, of the Ohio, 18,000 Confederate:  Albert Sidney Johnston, Army of the Mississippi, 45,000 P.G.T. Beauregard , (following Johnston’s death)

Important Events & Figures Hornet’s Nest Sunken Road Peach Orchard Ruggles’s Battery Defense of Pittsburg Landing

Battle of Shiloh Casualties Union: 13,000 Confederate: 10,700

The End of the Battle Who won? Why?

Questions for “The Drummer Boy of Shiloh” song What sort of mood or atmosphere is communicated by the poem’s words? Sad? Happy? Triumphant? Angry? Peaceful? Would you call this a “pro-war” poem, and “anti-war” poem, or neutral on the question of war? Why? What words in the poem struck you most forcefully? What parts of the poem seem to be most factually based? Give a quotation. What parts are most emotionally based? Give a quotation. Do you notice any allusions in the song? List at least one and explain it importance.