The Battle of Shiloh April 6-7, 1862 in Tennessee.

The Battle of Shiloh April 6th and April 7th, 1862 in Tennessee. A huge Union victory. The South’s defeat at Shiloh ended the Confederacy’s hopes of blocking the Union advance into Mississippi and doomed the Confederate military initiative in the West. With the loss of their commander, Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston, in battle, Confederate morale plummeted.