1. 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.

2. 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

3. Battle of Shiloh Pictures

4. Battle of Shiloh Maps

5. The Battle of Shiloh - The Story

6. 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)

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

8. Battle of Shiloh Casualties
Union: 13, Confederate: 10,700

9. The End of the Battle
Who won? Why?

10. 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.