ID: 901001605 Page link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/ia/901001605	Record Type: Event/Narrative

	Battle of Shiloh (American Civil War battle, 1862)

Note: Battle of Shiloh, also called Battle of Pittsburg Landing, was fought on April 6-7, 1862 in southwestern Tennessee. Union Army Major General Ulysses S. Grant was encamped at Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee on the west bank of the river, where Confederate forces under Generals Albert Sidney Johnston and Pierre G. T. Beauregard launched a surprise attack on Grant's army. Johnston was killed during the fighting and Beauregard, now in command of the army, decided to cease the attack later in the afternoon. Overnight Grant was reinforced by divisions from another Union army under Maj. Gen. Don Carlos Buell, thus allowing them to launch an unexpected counterattack the next morning which completely reversed the Confederate gains of the previous day. Both sides faced the heavy casualties—about 10,000 men on each side

Display Date: 6-7 April, 1862

Names:

	Battle of Shiloh (American Civil War battle, 1862) (preferred,English-P,D,P)
	Battle of Pittsburg Landing (American Civil War battle, 1862) (English,U,P)
	Shiloh, Battle of, Tenn. (American Civil War battle, 1862) (English,U,P)
	Pittsburg Landing, Battle of, Tenn. (American Civil War battle, 1862) (English,U,P)

Hierarchical Position:

		Named Events (P)
		....<North and South American history> (P)
		........<United States history> (P)
		............American Civil War (American history, 1861-1865) (P)
		................Battle of Shiloh (American Civil War battle, 1862) (P)

Other Relationships:

	role/characteristic is .... battle
	.....(armed conflicts, events (activities), Events (hierarchy name)) (AAT)

	actor is .... Beauregard, G. T. (American Confederate general, 1818-1893)
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	located in .... Pittsburg Landing
	.....(Hardin county, Tennessee, United States, North and Central America) (TGN)

	actor is .... Grant, Ulysses S. (American general and president, 1822-1885)
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

	actor is .... Albert Sidney Johnston (American general, 1803-1862)
	.....(Non-Artists) (ULAN)

Sources:

	Battle of Shiloh (American Civil War battle, 1862)
	................Langer, Encyclopedia of World History (1980)
	Battle of Pittsburg Landing (American Civil War battle, 1862)
	................Langer, Encyclopedia of World History (1980)
	Shiloh, Battle of, Tenn. (American Civil War battle, 1862)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-) sh 85121443
	Pittsburg Landing, Battle of, Tenn. (American Civil War battle, 1862)
	................Library of Congress Authorities online (2002-)

Iconography Record Sources:

	................ Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) "Battle of Shiloh," accessed 21 october 2016