Union_Victory_At_Shiloh

Union Victory At Shiloh Union Victory at Shiloh Tactics, Planning, and Attack Formations of the Shiloh Campaign The battle of Shiloh was one of the bloodiest fought in the western theater. The superior tactics of the Union forces along with the problems involved with confederate attack formations and planning secured a victory for the Federals. General Johnston’s initial plan to attack Grant’s army, cut it off from Pittsburgh Landing, and force it into the swamps north and west of the landing before Buell arrived from Nashville with the reinforcements fell through. The battle of Shiloh dashed all southern hopes of recovering west and middle Tennessee. In terms of movement, both General Johnston and Buearegard have both been somewhat blamed for not moving sooner and more rapidly to Corinth to attack the Federals in Pittsburgh Landing., which would have enabled them to anticipate General Buell’s junction with General Grant.1 The Confederacy failed to plan for the worst and allowed them enough time; if General Van Dorn arrived on time to aid the Confederate troop, the result at Shiloh might have been different. He was, unfortunately for the Confederates, delayed by high waters, and arrived at Memphis three days after the battle of Shiloh.2 Also, union, confederate, troops, attack, general, army, forces, battle, grant, confederates, victory, johnston, tennessee, shiloh, rebels, landing, federals, since, river, pittsburgh, off, left, enemy, corinth, april, along, while, until, two, time, tactics, right, plan, day, confederacy