The Battle of Shiloh was an extraordinary event in the timeline of the Civil War and would play a pivotal role in the war's hardest moment. The sources I have researched and collected will help me better understand this battle and many other facts I have yet to discover. The Battle of Shiloh is not the most famous battle of the Civil War, but it gives us an idea of ​​the horror of the fighting during that era. I consider this battle a turning point for the Union and the continued losses of the Confederate army as it attempted to regain territory. Officers on each side had separate plans, in which the Union was to take the Memphis and Charleston railroads, and the Confederates simply wanted to prevent Union troops from advancing further south (CWPT). The Union was commanded by Ulysses S. Grant and Don Carlos. Buell. Grants six divisions of troops were led by Maj. Gen. John A. McClernand and Lew Wallace, Brigadier General W. H. L. Wallace, Stephen A. Hurlbut, William T. Sherman, and Benjamin M. Prentiss. The purpose of going to Shiloh was to meet the other commander Don Carlos Buell and his men and then go overtake the Memphis and Charleston Railroad (CWPT). Buell's army was led by Brigadier General Alexander M. McCook, William "Bull" Nelson, Thomas L. Crittenden, and Thomas J. Wood. These men led more than 17,000 troops toward Shiloh and were determined to kill as many Confederate troops as possible in order to achieve their goal. The Confederate States of America was commanded by Albert Sidney Johnston and Pierre Gustave Toutant (PGT) Beauregard. Johnston assembled and commanded the Army of the Mississippi; their goal was to prevent the North from pushing the Confederates back into Missis...... middle of paper ......ssance or even having a Guard watching (CWPT). The end of this battle is tragic and enlightening as well, the big idea of ​​the sneak attacks at dawn by the Confederates and the right timing of reinforcement by the Union, drew my attention to this story. Collecting this information led me to believe that this was a movie, a novel, but it was real life. Losing lives in a battle like this only reminds us of one thing: each side fought hard for what they believed in. No other battle before this one saw so much bloodshed in less than a day, the planning done by Grant and Johnston was phenomenal. Johnston's strong spirit and Grant's courageous heart are what brought this battle to what is today's history. Working on this essay has been great in my learning process and I hope to do another one soon.