The Battle of Shiloh

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VIDEO | Author and Historian Timothy B. Smith speaks on the Battle of Shiloh, which at its time was the biggest battle in American history and resulted in casualties larger than entire armies of the American Revolution. It served as a prelude of what was yet to come at Antietam and into the years of 1863 and 1864.

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Hardin County, TN | April 6, 1862
Result: Union Victory
Estimated Casualties
23,746
Union
13,047
Confed.
10,669