Shiloh+5

Battle of Shiloh - also known as the Battle of Pittsburg Landing

- a major union victory in the west when union forces in the east were stalemated

- permanently divided the confederacy it two along the Mississippi river

- ended the western confederate armies ability to carry on an offensive war

- Lincoln searched for a general that would carry the battle to Virginia in the east turned out to be Grant who lead the Union army to victory

- Battle lines became confused during fighting; Grant's men then headed in the direction of Pittsburg Landing in the Northeast

- fighting between Johnston and Grant was fierce

**work cited**: http://www.eyewitnesstohistory.com/shiloh.htm