Beauregard's Last Stand

Early in the afternoon of the second day, General Pierre G.T. Beauregard personally led several furious counterattacks against surging Union forces. Confederate infantry repeatedly charged through the shallow water of Water Oaks Pond. After two hours of see-saw fighting, Beauregard recognized that his exhausted troops were spent and ordered an orderly withdrawal from the field. Covered by a strong rear guard resisting further Union attacks, his bloodied army slowly retired southwest toward Corinth. As evening approached, the exhausted Union forces, having recovered all the ground lost the previous day, halted their advance and camped among the dead. The battle was over.

Shiloh, Tennessee · United States