Grant Hammers the Confederates

Early on the second day, General Ulysses S. Grant ordered General Lewis Wallace to advance on Confederate forces occupying captured Union camps to the north behind you. Wallace attacked across Tilghman Branch, forcing the Confederates to retire into the woods in front of you. There they were reinforced by southern troops hastily advanced north from Shiloh Church. Over the next few hours, these Confederate forces hurled uncoordinated assaults against Wallace while Generals William T. Sherman and John A. McClernand pushed slowly forward from the east to link up with Wallace. Once combined, the Federals steadily forced the Confederates back. When Wallace turned the Confederate left, the southern line collapsed and retired rapidly south toward Shiloh Church.

Shiloh, Tennessee · United States