On a battlefield so littered with dead bodies that General Ulysses S. Grant said it would have been possible to walk across it in any direction without a foot touching the ground, the Union Army notched a brutal but significant victory against the Confederate Army. The two-day battle, with the highest number of casualties recorded in the fighting up to that time, dashed the hopes of a short war. Still, few could have grasped that this battle was only the beginning of a national campaign of slaughter that would see so many Yankee and Rebel deaths. President Lincoln realized what the two factions—North and South—were only beginning to grasp: that this would be a long, bitter, brutal war. If the Union was to be victorious and the United States restored to wholeness, Lincoln needed men who would fight. The Battle of Shiloh proved that Grant was such a man. Discover a plethora of topics such as Lincoln's Call for Troops The Army of the Tennessee The First Day of the Battle The Second Day of the Battle Aftermath: Fallen Timbers Lew Wallace and the Shiloh Controversy And much more! Discover the Battle of Shiloh, the brutal 1862 showdown that shattered illusions of a short Civil War. Fought along the banks of the Tennessee River , this two-day clash between Union and Confederate forces delivered staggering casualties and revealed the true scale of the conflict ahead. Perfect for Civil War enthusiasts and readers of American military history. Get your copy today and uncover the battle that changed the course of the war!