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Grant's Last Line
Pittsburg Landing Road, along Grant's Last Line in Shiloh National Military Park, Shiloh National Military Park,
TN ,
USA
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Tennessee State
Historical Marker
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The first day of fighting had been disastrous for General Grant's Union Army of the Tennessee. At daybreak the Confederates surprised many of the Federals in their tents. Hastily-formed lines of defense broke. Casualties multiplied. More than 2,000 men surrendered. Reinforcements arrived late. At day's end, Grant's army had fallen back to this high ground - his last line.
That evening Union reinforcements arrived, and on the second day fortunes reversed. Grant's desperate last line became a strong attack position. The bolstered Union forces pushed the Confederates back to the southwestern end of the battlefield near Shiloh Church.
Last updated: 2/14/2015 15:17:00 |
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Related Themes: C.S.A., Confederate States of America, Confederacy, Union States
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