On 7 April 1862, Union forces led by General Ulysses S. Grant defeated the Confederates at the battle of
Shiloh,
aka Pittsburg Landing, in Tennessee. (In the dubious distinction category, the eight battles with higher casualties than Shiloh were
Gettysburg,
Chickamauga,
Chancellorsville,
Spotsylvania Court House,
Antietam/Sharpsburg, the
Wilderness,
Second Bull Run/Manassas, and
Stones River/Murfreesboro.)
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