The Battle of Shiloh - Two Bloody Days in April 1862
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It was April of 1862, and the war was just about to enter its second year. The beginning of that year had been a bleak one for the Confederacy.
In February, Fort Henry, Roanoke Island, North Carolina, and Fort Donelson all fell. Now there were invasion routes into "The Old North State," the interior of Tennessee, and the very heartland of the Confederacy.
In the first week of March, Missouri was for all practical purposes lost to the Confederacy thanks to Union victory at Pea Ridge. In the east, more cause for southern concern. The ironclad USS Monitor had revolutionized Naval warfare, and neutralized the Confederacy's CSS Virginia, and George B. McClellan finally stirred from his slows to land 121,000 men on the Virginia peninsula with its sights on Richmond.
Though there had been all these military events, there were still some, North and South, who believed that particularly if the southern capital fell, the conflict would soon end. In fact a year earlier, A.W. Venable of Granville County, North Carolina declared that he would wipe of every drop of blood shed in the war with "this handkerchief of mine." Naive words.
In his most vivid and terrible nightmares, he never dreamed of two days like April 6th and 7th, 1862. Neither had an entire nation. Two horrific days that churned and burned near a river landing and a little Methodist church built for the Prince Of Peace. Two bloody days that served as a national wake-up call; a call that announced the sobering reality of how terrible civil war would truly be.
This is the story of those two days. This is the story of the Battle of Shiloh.
#civilwarhistory #civilwar #shiloh
Narrated by Fred Kiger
Produced by Dan Irving
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Some Characters Mentioned In This Episode:
Don Carlos Buell
Ulysses S. Grant
Willie Lincoln
Albert Sidney Johnston
Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard
Braxton Bragg
William H.L. Wallace
William T. Sherman
Benjamin M. Prentiss
How wonderful to hear a proper story teller.
That's right
Shaw was not there. No usct at Shilo need different art.
So True
I can't tell you how much I enjoy your channel. The Civil War is my favorite era of US history. You do make it all come alive. Thank you so much!😊
The Demcrats are still trying to destroy America
The narration brings, through the procession of many years, the absolute slaughter and horror of the Civil War. Excellent work.
What a wonderful speaking voice. Thank you for this.
Pinkfloyd-
Personally i prefer to hear Shelby Foote speak about the south, or the civil war.
This guy is a bit bombastic for me.
is it just me or does he sound exactly like that AI voice used in shorts@@afellowamericanafellowamer5317
I've never heard a civil war battle described so vividly that you can almost imagine being there yourself learned so much about such a pivotal battle of the civil war thanks so much
As a scout leader whom has hiked the entire battlefield many times, read many accounts and been to each field of battle; have camped close as allowed; it humbles ones self and sprit at Bloody Pond, Hornets Nest and at the Shiloh church. Have witnessed every type of weather as did the combated men of those two days, it brings hope for peace. The thoughts these men of both sides must have had of victory and defeat. Seeing the numbers killed and wounded and later beyond the battle to try and identify and restore some honor to the dead. US soldiers placed in marked graves while Confederate where placed in trenches unmarked.
This was so well written and narrated! I have studied the Civil War for several decades, and, not claiming to be an expert, I still learned some further details from this presentation. I have subscribed.
"After Shiloh, the South never smiled again." Fitting epitaph for those whose knowledge is full of the human sorrow of men who were there..
Actually, the South did smile again. As author Walker Percy noted, "after the war, the South got rich." He further observed, "The north got the former slaves and moved to the suburbs to get away from them." This, apparently, was not what the emancipators had in mind.
Brilliant doc, very well done. Respect from the UK.
These are absolutely great! I love your storytelling
I really appreciate this channel and this series. As a history buff, one of my weak points has been the Civil War because growing up where I did (New Jersey and New York) we basically learned about Lee's campaigns, the North's failures against them, Gettysburg, Sherman's March and Appomattox. My moving to Tennessee made me realize how lacking I was in Civil War knowledge and this series has helped fill in the blanks very nicely. Thank you.
My great great grandfather Pvt. Eli J. Todd was there with the 22nd/25th Alabama CSA He survived the war dying in 1900. He suffered from breathing problems ever since that battle.
Thank you Pvt Eli J Todd for your Honorable and Brave Service!
@@sammyfolsom3928 what the fuck? No.
@@neilzientek what the fuck? YES
@@neilzientekexplain
@@thomascoburn The Union army was an invader. Pvt Eli J Todd honorably defended his home. The Native Americans did the same thing when the US army arrived.
I have been to Shiloh twice. Amazing sacred place.
Peaceful
Thank you so much for your wonderful stories
If Forrest would have been in charge the second day, the battle might have been different.
Once Buell arrived, the Confederates were done after all they had been through the day before, they couldn't beat a force double their size.
+My great grandfather was there but arrived late with Buell's army and so saw little action. He was to see plenty though before the war was over as would his brother who was, like him a private in the 65th Ohio Infantry. Thank you for bringing this battle alive for me.
Nicely written and narrated by a real person.Subscribed!
I think it was the historian Shelby Foote who had described this horrible battle as..."a disorganized, murderous fistfight."
Appreciate the honest way the story is told. Not politically biased.the truth is never nice or gentle.where subjects like war are involved.
Great storytelling. I salute this narrator.
I have always been fascinated with this battle. I think its importance is underrated. Albert Sydney Johnson died at Shiloh and the South was very thin in top commanders, so this loss was huge. It really cemented the friendship of Grant and Sherman. Finally, the South never really repaired its defenses in the West. That combined with the huge causalities Lee suffered later in 1862 and 1863 lead to the defeat of the Confederacy.
You're not wrong, but I think the word "underrated" really needs to leave the common vernacular. It's not underrated in its importance at all. It's one of the major battles of the war, and anyone who studies the war will know that. Certainly in the Top 10 in terms of importance. That's pretty high up there.
ALL HE HAD TO DO WAS TELL SOMEONE HE GOT HIT, the tree he died on is still preserved on the battlefield
People forget how important what Bedford Forrest did at Fallen Timbers was as well, that allowed the Confederate Army to escape
I live 2.5 hours from this battlefield. It is so well preserved, it feels like the battle happened yesterday.
@@aubreycoltharp8446 looking at his prior career in California, he had great command capacity. I believe that his loss along with Stonewall Jackson sealed the fate of the Confederacy. Hood. Bragg and Joe Johnson could not equal him in the west
My 2x greatgrandfather and his brother both from west central Illinois fought in the battle of Shiloh. After the war ended grandpa Matthew returned home and bred draft horses some of which were purchased by General U.S. Grant who spoke of my grandpa saying that he raised some of the finest draft horses he had ever seen.
I have served in my own conflict, but the horrors of this war far surpass anything I think I could ever endure.
Grant was the only General in the Union who had the wherewithal, tenacity and steadfastness to defeat RE Lee. Many blustering incompetents had tried and failed.
Hancock?
George Meade smashed Lee at Gettysburg a week after he was promoted to General. Grant also severed the rebels in half on the Mississippi, sent Sherman to the coast via Atlanta and then systematically destroyed the rest of Lee’s rebels. Grant stands head and shoulders above Lee, who could barely leave Virginia.
Sherman was also a very good general as well
You talk about McDowell
Grant was the one General in the union that understood and was not afraid of using his army's advantage; superior numbers. Once Lincoln understood this he knew he had the man who would lead the union army to victory.
This is an A grade narration of the events. Thank you so much for this presentation.
This is much more descriptive of the soldiers' experience than the generals....the story at 44:30 to me mostly told the whole story of the war "Oh God What made you come down here and fight us? We would never have come up there". That was the cause of the Civil War in a nutshell.
My husband's Great Great Grandpa died on the first day of this battle. He was with the 40th Illinois. We have visited this battlefield and thank you for sharing this story.
My GGG was in Company F of the 40th Illinois from Franklin County (Webbs Prairie). Survived Shiloh, wounded at Atlanta and back in time for the March to the Sea
EXCELLENT NARRATION and PRESENTATION----TYVM!
There were more who died at Shilo than had died at all the wars and battles up to that date. Yet there would be more battles even more bloody.
Brings mind the near 20k British soldiers who died on the first day of the Battle of the Somme, but if not then.... When.
The perfect voice for a tale of horror, passion and loss that was, unfortunately, all too real.
Not even Sam Elliott couldn't have done a better job.
The lesson of Shiloh was no matter what you may THINK the enemy might do, the enemy often has mind of his own to attack when you least expect it. Here are some observations to consider:
1. As a commander of an army in enemy country or near the frontier, a basic line of infantry outposts, with patrols in between the outposts, must be established. Cavalry scouts are essential some distance out along likely avenues of enemy approach. Key pieces of terrain need to fortified or garrisoned with guard details. A routine practice of "stand to" at about dawn for troops needs to be accomplished in line with full combat ammo loads, water in canteens and troops awake and alert in any coats or rain gear to deal with the elements. Pickets in front of the main encampment must be manned at all times during the night and during the day during rest periods.
2. Outpost details need to relieved in the early morning. A report of any enemy activity needs to be relayed by the Noncom in charge of the outpost back to staff officers who ensure their commander is informed of any new activity. Patrols from the outposts are sent out before dawn to ensure no enemy troop movements are occurring nearby for attacks. These patrols comeback before they are relieved in the morning. Cavalry patrols and cavalry observation posts need to report any fresh activities to the infantry outposts with new enemy activity. Staff officers are essential in establishing this chain of communications.
3. A basic defensive line needs to be established even for overnight positions. It will NOT be feasible to dig the troops in during a halt before night during a march with a march planned the next day.. However, a quick reconnaissance and terrain analysis by officers is essential. Areas of natural cover and concealment need to be identified for troops to occupy in case of enemy attack. Certain areas should have brush cut for concealment of troops and field guns.
4. Encampments with dug in fortifications are necessary for prolonged periods of occupation. Troops need to dig in everywhere possible when time allows. Troops that are dug in with entrenchments can hold off three times their numbers if attacked.
The point here is a layered early warning reconnaissance system needs to be established in enemy territory. Cavalry patrols and observation posts need to be established several miles out from the infantry outpost line. The infantry outpost line with patrols in between needs to be established a half mile or mile from the main encampment. The main encampment needs "stand to" at dawn practices to prevent surprise enemy attack at dawn. A line of pickets must be maintained at night to ensure enemy forces do not sneak up for a surprise attack. A system of reporting enemy activities during the night must be established to keep tabs on enemy activity.
Ulysses Grant wasn't caught by surprise again during the Civil War. These lessons of having redundant overlapping security is essential to prebvent surprise assaults, ambushes orunexpected encounter battles that can slaughter large numbers of men so quickly resulting in catastrophe. I may or may not have characterized everything perfectly here but it is essential to establish troop leading procedures that provide security/reconnaissance with guard outposts and some amount of early warning to enemy attack or stumbling into an enemy ambush during a march. At Shiloh both sides were green. It is essential to have basic infantry training for all soldiers and when possible have advanced infantry training with unit field drills so everyone understands what to do before their first battle starts.
Beauregard blew it.
Regarding the importance of scouts. Even the Roman Empire Legions hardly dared to move without scouts in front and on the flanks, especially in northern Germania. Romans had been ambushed in the past so flank guards were essential. The flank guards also helped protect the column from attacks of the much feared aurochs, the very large, angry wild ox/cattle of northern Europe. Also out from the Roman columns were hunters usually on horseback. They were to supply fresh meat so the supplies they packed would last longer. One of those "little" things that comes from hard experience.
My Great great Uncle General Thomas Jordan was Beauregard’s adjutant at Shiloh. My great great grandfather Capt Francis Jordan (Thomas’s brother) was under his command at Shiloh.
Thank you for your narration and the ability to express the feelings of passion for this subject. Enjoy the stories.
My daughter's and I went to the Shiloh battlefield and was amazed by the pyramids of cannon ball's with the names of states in the battle We saw the film at the museum Quite an interesting place All those dead men over the railroad yard 4 miles away at Corynth
It’s Corinth, Mississippi. It’s spelled like the book of the Bible, Corinthians. It’s also 19 miles from Shiloh, TN to Corinth, MS.
Well done brother! A tasteful educational, thanks for sharing!
Oh wow. I just came across this channel. Love it. Just saw that there's an Arkansas playlist. I live in NW Arkansas so I'm excited about that.
The revolutionary war would be amazing to hear stories about...
The native wars too.. although very sad, it's incredibly important history... And tells the story of both sides of my ancestry...
Halleck was not a General, he was a bureaucrat. Despite being on a different side, Grant was NOT a bureaucrat, he was a General. The South was blessed with Lee, Jackson, Stuart, and Hill as Generals, but only in the East. With only 2 of the 4, the war would have been over in 2 years. It's a mix or match which 2 to delete, and I won't argue with anyone about it.
One thing Old Brains did was keep Grant supplied. His ability to handle the logistics is impressive to me.
Narrator brings an energy to this work not unlike Dan Carlin; fantastic work.
The words of the first hand accounts… my God… witnessing it…. PTSD? Unreal.
I love your narration!
It’s reminiscent of Shelby Foote.
Lincoln said his trust of Grant ran marrow deep...good enough for Abe, good enough for me...I personally think Grant is the most underrated, under appreciated person in American history, right beside George Marshall & those two men are on my Mt Rushmore beside Lincoln & Washington...and yes I would put them on there before FDR
Your wording is strange. FDR=/=Mt.Rushmore. I get it though. I'm not sure why TR's face is on the side of a South Dakota mountain. A fake charge up Cuba's San Juan hill shouldn't a hero make😆. Unfortunately, Grant made a better General than politician. Easy to see he was attempting to fulfill Lincoln's vision of Reconstruction and post war America.
41:37 this cracked me the fuck up. he was so mad he STUNK!!! XD
I was born and raised in southern Illinois. Most people do not realize that many people in Illinois were supporters of the Confederacy. Two of my relatives fought with Company G, 15th Tennessee infantry at Shiloh. One was killed, and the other wounded. In the old cemetery where I was raised, Confederate veterans were buried on the south side, and Union veterans on the north side. There were a lot of Illinois rebels!
My great great grandfather was in the 122co b Illinois lived to be 91 died in 1933, the last one of his company. My dad was born in 1921 and told me stories about setting on his grandpa’s lap listening to stories of the long marches and enduring Mother Nature’s rath but wouldn’t speak of any battles. Personally I love the south and the southern way of life, being stationed in SC for three years. If I’d lived back in the early 1860s I would be fighting for the south and cessation.
Good to know that not all were damn Yankees. My x3Grandfather was Maj. General Frank Cheatham, Tennessee Volunteers fought in the Battle of Shiloh and many others. I have enjoyed tracking him and learning more about our family.
Many of Grant’s predecessors were casualties averse, it’s not simply a matter of logistics but that of attrition that wears upon the enemy army.
Grant was a butcher.
Your rebellion lost, cope harder...
Then why is everyone moving South...?
Stoked to see this, your detial and narration are danged top notch. Err "first rate"
If you admire Grant, look up the feature the History Channel did a couple years ago. Outstanding. An English actor played Grant and really did a nice job.
Grant was a war criminal as well as Sherman, Sheridan, Custer and the rest of them.
Yep, It's excellent.
Grant was a creep.
Mark Newton is a low quality troll.
Superb work .... Sad and disconcerting
Great documentary and narration. Thank you.
Thanks!
Terrific research and narration. Bravo!
I had two great-great grandfathers who were part if the Union Army of the Tennessee. One on my mother's side (Wisconsin) and one on my father's (Michigan). I wrote my Master's thesis on the USCT at the Battle of Nashville in December 1864. I've toured many of the battlefields in the western theater including Shiloh. I'm extremely proud of my GAR ancestors.
You shouldn't be.
Wonderful presentation, but I question what the graphic of the Black 54th Massachusetts' assault on Battery Wagner in South Carolina, seen during the description of A.S. Johnston's fallback to Corinth, is doing in this narrative.
The consolidation of the states into one vast empire, sure to be aggressive abroad and despotic at home, will be the certain precursor of ruin which has overwhelmed all that preceded it.
My great grandfather, Benjamin Mills fought at Shiloh. He fought for the North but lived in Tennessee
The funny thing about war is that afterwards the opponents can be friends. It’s the leaders pushing to war, not the average soldier/citizen. In a war the leaders have to be stopped, not the common citizens.
It wasn't the leaders screaming in the charges against the Union forces. It was the common, dirt poor, Southern farmers. The leaders voiced their stands, and ambitions but it was the common soldiers who killed without remorse. Never underestimate your fellow man's hatred.
Its amazing the hardships these people had to endure.
Good details on an important battle. A Teenager’s Guide to the Civil War: A History Book for Teens covers this battle and more.
My maternal and fraternal great grandfathers both fought for the union. Both born in West Virginia. Didn’t realize that when I was in grade school listening to my teacher talk about it. I’d have been more interested had I known. I’m 66 and just finding out is so exciting.
Thanks for posting
Great narration.
Shelby Foote, the late great historian of the American Civil War, said the Confederacy never stood a chance of ever winning.
Great video thanks
The soldiers and generals were timid until Grant and Lee introduced the strategy of psychopaths.
My great great great grandpa fought with the 11th Kentucky, and arrived the second day under General Buell. I don't know what action he saw that day, but he survived and was offered a commission in the 37th Kentucky Mounted Infantry, which were essentially cavalry with rifles instead pistols or carbjnes.
This his magnificent content o love this channel 😊
My 4th great grandfather was the first officer killed in the battle of Shiloh.
At about minute 39, I love the Napoleonic pose of Gen Garfield, future President of the US. That also wraps in the concepts of Baron de Jomini (war strategist), the Napoleonic Wars and reverence/fascination by the generals of the US Civil War Era.
Those who have the eyebrows of Bragg often prefer the label warlock.
That was cool 😎
Very entertaining
My state served well in this terrible conflict Massachusetts
Well read 📚
Most documentaries sugar coat this stupid war. Thank you for the visceral story about this horror. I am glad I was not born during this time.
Bragg was an adequate Corps commander but he lost the rest of the West as an army commander.
You probably meant cavalry instead of calvary😮
Good story telling..
Grant was a better general than Lee. He had to win the war. Lee just had to not lose it. Lee fought an offensive strategy when the tech gave defenders a tremendous advantage. He fought to protect Virginia and was a great general and man but grant was THE MAN.
Also Lee never learnt how significant the defensive advantage was - e.g. Picketts 'charge' was a daft idea, carried out badly.
Rest in peace to Nathan Bedford forest.
I have been deep diving the Western Campaigns…they don’t get the attention the Eastern battles had but the West seems to be almost more important as it was about the control of the Mississippi River, mountains passed and key rail lines.
He was the only General with. BALLS .
I didn't know that Atlanta was a town during the Civil War. I thought it was already a city by then and where is the town of Georgia located
I have visited the area twice.
I live 70 miles from Shiloh
50 from Corinth
10 miles from Brice’s Crossroads
2 miles from tupelo, my land is the first day battle of tupelo on July 14,1864. My other family land is the 2nd day action @ Old Town Creek on July 15,1864.
@@CSAFD Interesting
Some of the things said of Grant I took to heart in the name of honor ! Regardless of his vices and shortcomings to those who critique him disrespectfully or even those who regard him honorably he still became the man you nor I could ever be lol
With all the excellent material presented, the presentation falls flat for not providing map locations as the battle raged. One is left bewildered as to what occurred where. It's an easy error to resolve and I hope you make the appropriate changes. Otherwise, well presented.
This narrator sounds just like Ed Bearss used to. Watch the Kern Burns Civil War series to hear Ed Bearss.
The case supports the theory that smart people often make poor choices, but if you're stupid to begin with, you haven't got a chance.
Anyone know anything about the 13th Kentucky Infantry, company i.
Mt Great Grand Father, Andrew Jackson Smith, with the 22 Alabama co B, was in the battle. According to his daughter, who lived to be 104 tears old, her dad killed three Yankees. One was during the first charge. Another was after his knee injury, and he had his leg in a creek to relive the pain, and a yankee walked up. She could not remember the other. He caught the bullet just over his right knee. and was discharged and sent back home to Alabama. My Grandmother, told me, "Mr. Smith said that the yankees was over here, and the Americans was over here."
The key to Grant’s success was that when he made a mistake he learned from it! He made a mistake on day 1, not being prepared, but he made up for it on day 2.
Without Buell’s fresh 25K troops he would not have won
25:19 Sherman was no where near the Hornets Nest that was the Union center, Sherman was on the Union extreme right.
I’m fairly knowledgeable about the subject so I know the information is accurate, but citations would be nice, especially after the hbomberguy video
I always wonder, though, that if Grant had been in charge from the start if the North wouldn't have faired worse. Grant didn't back down like other generals, but in a lot of his battles, he lost big numbers of his soldiers, so they might have dwindled down even more.
I think Grant’s losses really were at their worst during the 1964 Overland Campaign when he was in overall command of the a Union Army and commander of the Army of the Potomac (even though Meade was the field commander of the army). Prior to that, his losses weren’t all together worse than say Rosecrans, Burnsides or Hooker,
Dude pea ridge was in Arkansas not Missouri
He didn’t say it was in Missouri, he said it solidified Federal control of Missouri. Which is true as pushed the confederate army further south and away from Missouri.
The town where I now live, Elizabeth City, NC, was occupied by the Union in February 1862.
The pictures dont match…
Thanks, from an "Original Transcon RR" enthusiast...Three good reads', to consider studying: "General John A. Rawlins "No ordinary Man", and "Fierce Patriot" Wm. Sherman, and "To Rescue the Republic", US Grant. If anyone knows of a forum that history enthusiasts go to talk about the Manifest Destiny era, please let me know, and subscribed. Thanks again, in closing, from Darrell. 😄
Still armatures leaning things, frontal assaults, a year later at Vicksburg and Gettysburg they will be digging in and eventually learn the lesson of frontal assaults.
But then you have the Battle of Franklin in 1864..one of the largest frontal assaults of the war.
East Bank of the Tennessee?
Most likely like they sai that half of these battles was kink of drinking towards being drunk he drank continuously all the time
These are well made- however, I don't care for your story-telling - and particularly dislike the cell-phone photos with a large and 2 small pics of the same thing...
How rude. Let's see how much better YOU can do it! 🧐
He liked cucumbers soaked in vinegar?? You mean a pickle??