Confederate Retreat

On the second day of fighting at Shiloh, Confederate forces under Gen. P.G.T. Beauregard made their last attempt to check Union forces counterattacking from Pittsburg Landing. Confederate infantry moved through the shallow Water Oaks Pond and charged across the field, gaining some ground but failing to stop the steady advance of Grant's heavily reinforced Union army. About 2:30 p.m., after a staff officer warned that the troops were exhausted and ready to dissolve, Beauregard ordered the Confederate army to retreat to Corinth. The Confederates fell back toward Shiloh Church, with Water Oaks Pond in their path, and the Battle of Shiloh was over.

Shiloh, Tennessee · United States