. The Mississippi Valley in the Civil War . rmy; for they had beentrained for several months under the eyes of Buellhimself, who was unsurpassed as an they arrived in succession, these divisions werearranged for the morrows line of battle ; Nelsonon the left, next to the river, then Crittenden onhis right, then McCook. Next came the remnantsof Hurlbuts and McClernands divisions, mendedwith fragments from those of William Wallaceand Sherman; while the extreme right, near Owlcreek, was occupied by the fresh division of LewWallace. Besides BueUs 20,000 men and Wal-laces 7000, we may
. The Mississippi Valley in the Civil War . rmy; for they had beentrained for several months under the eyes of Buellhimself, who was unsurpassed as an they arrived in succession, these divisions werearranged for the morrows line of battle ; Nelsonon the left, next to the river, then Crittenden onhis right, then McCook. Next came the remnantsof Hurlbuts and McClernands divisions, mendedwith fragments from those of William Wallaceand Sherman; while the extreme right, near Owlcreek, was occupied by the fresh division of LewWallace. Besides BueUs 20,000 men and Wal-laces 7000, we may estimate at 10,000 the num-The forces on t)6r of Grants troops who had foughtMonday. during the previous day and were now again brought into line. To oppose this forceBeauregard had from 20,000 to 25,000 men, noneof them fresh. Some reorganizing was necessary,and in the course of it there was some shifting ofcommands ; so that Hardee occupied the extremeright, with Breckinridge on his left, then Polk,and finally on the extreme left, SHILOH, APRIL 7, 1862, MORNING Fort Donelson and Shiloh 95 Victory for the Confederates was no longerto be expected, save through some extraordmaryblunder of their antagonists. The entire expe-rience of our Civil War shows that in fightingquality American soldiers from all parts of thecountry are so evenly matched that, under similarconditions, even a slight superiority in numbersensures victory. A parity of conditions does notexist when the assailing party rushes against en-trenchments and is shot down faster than it canadvance; nor can it be said to exist when the com-manders are so unequally matched as, for example,at Chancellorsville, where Lees 60,000 men de-feated Hookers 120,000, because at every point ofcontact between the two armies during the battle,Lees superior intelligence opposed superior num-bers to those of Hooker. On the second day ofShiloh, where the conditions were nearly equal,there was nothing to interfere with the rule
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