The Confederate Offensive: The American Civil War
On April 6, 1862 Confederate soldiers attacked the Union. Lets look closer into this battle to see what happened. The Union was forced out of their camps. The Confederate Offensive threatened to overwhelm Ulysses S. Grant’s entire command. In the afternoon they established a battle ground. As the battle raged on many were wounded or dead. Weapons helped the Confederates surround the Union troops and capture, kill, or wound most. On April 7th the Confederate forces were weakened. This resulted in Beauregard’s army needing to run and escape the field. Grants counter offensive was successful in pushing the Confederates back. The battle had a large number of troops totaling to a total of 110,053 troops, 65,085 from the Union and 44,968 from
the Confederate side. With the large amount of people in the battle I would expect there to be more fatalities but there was actually a very close kill rate on each side. The Confederate side had 1728 killed and the Union had 1754 killed on their side. The battle claimed the lives of 3,482 Fighters. The battle of Shiloh will be remembered as one that took many lives but in the end the union was successful.
the Confederate side. With the large amount of people in the battle I would expect there to be more fatalities but there was actually a very close kill rate on each side. The Confederate side had 1728 killed and the Union had 1754 killed on their side. The battle claimed the lives of 3,482 Fighters. The battle of Shiloh will be remembered as one that took many lives but in the end the union was successful.