Let's Play Civil War Generals 2 Part 5: Shiloh Overview

In this part of Civil War Generals 2, the battle of Shiloh Church is being sped through quickly. All regular parts will be uploaded at a later date for the people that would actually enjoy watching the original content (for whatever strange reason)

Yes, my mic is pretty bad. I had switched off to one of my other ones and it gave me good quality until this apparent. I'll switch back to my old one (until I get a new one)

Shiloh church was the largest battle and some say the most decisive battle in the west at that point. This battle saw the two most capable commanders in the west for the whole war going head to head and, as you can imagine, The Confederates lost. Overall Confederate Casualties were 10,700 which was nearly a quarter of their forces, and Albert Sydney Johnston (overall commander of the Confederate forces in the west) was killed within a few hours of the first day.
The battle of Island ten happened the same day and this defeat left Memphis open to Union capture. This battle was more American casualties then all other American wars combined at that point.

Overall Union casualties were 13,500 which caused Grant to be heavily critized for the waste of his men by not having them be prepared for the enemy that reports showed were near-by. Sherman and Grant were both heavily critized since only an hour or two before the battle started, scouts had reported large Confederate columns coming towards the camp. Sherman was quoted with saying " Go back to your command and stop letting ghosts scare you." His command was the heaviest hit that day.

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