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After being driven from their camps by attacking Confederates about 9:00 a.m., more than 4,000 Union soldiers retreated to the woods and took position along the Sunken Road, a dirt wagon trace on high ground commanding Duncan Field and the adjoining woods. There Federal infantry took cover behind oak trees, fence rails, and dense undergrowth. During the next eight hours, Confederate infantry charged the road and the wooded stronghold they called the Hornets' Nest eleven times, and repeatedly were repulsed by swarms of minie balls. This ground was the scene of some of the most desperate and deadly fighting in the Civil War.
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Shiloh, Tennessee · United States
