April 7 in American History
Two days of savage fighting in Tennessee produced more American casualties than all the country's previous wars combined — a shock that shattered any illusion the Civil War would be short or clean. Grant's army held and won, but the sheer scale of the bloodshed changed how the North understood the war ahead.
In 1862: the Battle of Shiloh. Two days of savage fighting in Tennessee produced more American casualties than all the country's previous wars combined — a shock that shattered any illusion the Civil War would be short or clean.
Two days of savage fighting in Tennessee produced more American casualties than all the country's previous wars combined — a shock that shattered any illusion the Civil War would be short or clean. Grant's army held and won, but the sheer scale of the bloodshed changed how the North understood the war ahead.
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