How Did Ulysses S. Grant Lost The Battle Of Shiloh
Who knew that all of this would have ended with a handshake. Ulysses S. Grant started with 100,000 men and had lost 17,000 men.
First it was Shiloh then the battle at Richmond. Then the battle of the Missionary Ridge Siege of Petersburg,The battle of Wilderness and many many more, who knows what's to come next!
Grant moved his troops south to Richmond the next morning. In 30 days Grant had lost 50,000 troops. One day in the middle of the night a fire started in the woods where Grant and his troops were sleeping 200 soldiers burned to death. Grant lost a lot of soldiers throughout the battles.So many that people started calling him a butcher, but Abe Lincoln stayed by Grants side through everything.
Even though a lot of people hated Grant he got a lot of victories starting with Shiloh, Vicksburg and the battle in Chattanooga, Tennessee and some others.The battle of Shiloh took place in the hills of Tennessee along the river. The battle took place on April 6th-7th,1862. Grant went against General Albert Sidney Johnston. Johnston’s plan was to cave in on Grant and his soldiers and his plan didn’t work because Grant had won. 8 out of the 10 Union soldiers had never been in a battle. A lot of people who were injured usually had to lay in the mud and cry because everyone didn’t want to risk their lives to help save their troops. In …show more content…
April 9th was a very big day.That was the day that Lee surrendered to Grant in the Appomattox court house. We all know the war started when the Confederates bombarded Fort Sumter and the war took off from there.Lee finally surrendered when Grant took away his supplies and had surrounded him and his troops. What Grants soldiers would do was get a piece of paper and write there name and addresses so when they died they could tell who they were and contact their family. After Lee surrounded the south, The north had to go back to their homes and rebuild
First it was Shiloh then the battle at Richmond. Then the battle of the Missionary Ridge Siege of Petersburg,The battle of Wilderness and many many more, who knows what's to come next!
Grant moved his troops south to Richmond the next morning. In 30 days Grant had lost 50,000 troops. One day in the middle of the night a fire started in the woods where Grant and his troops were sleeping 200 soldiers burned to death. Grant lost a lot of soldiers throughout the battles.So many that people started calling him a butcher, but Abe Lincoln stayed by Grants side through everything.
Even though a lot of people hated Grant he got a lot of victories starting with Shiloh, Vicksburg and the battle in Chattanooga, Tennessee and some others.The battle of Shiloh took place in the hills of Tennessee along the river. The battle took place on April 6th-7th,1862. Grant went against General Albert Sidney Johnston. Johnston’s plan was to cave in on Grant and his soldiers and his plan didn’t work because Grant had won. 8 out of the 10 Union soldiers had never been in a battle. A lot of people who were injured usually had to lay in the mud and cry because everyone didn’t want to risk their lives to help save their troops. In …show more content…
April 9th was a very big day.That was the day that Lee surrendered to Grant in the Appomattox court house. We all know the war started when the Confederates bombarded Fort Sumter and the war took off from there.Lee finally surrendered when Grant took away his supplies and had surrounded him and his troops. What Grants soldiers would do was get a piece of paper and write there name and addresses so when they died they could tell who they were and contact their family. After Lee surrounded the south, The north had to go back to their homes and rebuild