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bull run
battle leasding up to shiloh -
start
In April 1862 General Ulysses S. Grant's army was encamped along the Tennessee River just north of the Mississippi border -
suprise
April 6, Johnston's force surprised Grant in an attack that slowly pushed the Union troops back from the high ground they occupied towards the Tennessee River -
6:00 am start
Johnston's army was deployed for battle -
7:30am
At about 7:30 a.m. from his position in the rear, Beauregard ordered the corps of Polk and Breckinridge forward on the left and right of the line, diluting their effectiveness -
8:30am
sound of artillery fire arriving about 8:30 a.m -
8:00
On the main Union defensive line, starting at about 9:00 a.m -
2:300pm
A large portion of the Union survivors, numbering from 2,200 to 2,400 men, were captured -
the second day
On April 7, the combined Union armies numbered 45,000 men -
5:pm
Confederate forces kept the Union forces in position on the Corinth Road until 5 p.m. -
map
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the third day
On April 8, Grant sent Sherman south along the Corinth Road -
victory
Union forces victory on April 8 -
casualties
Union casualties were 13,047 -
south casualties
Confederate casualties were 10,699
