Essentials of United States history . Admiral Farragut. Admiral Foote. victory for the Confederates. But Buells army arrived inthe night, and on Monday the Union army drove the Confed-erates through the village of Shiloh. Beauregard retreated toCorinth and a little later to Tupelo (tu pe-16), Mississippi. The battle of Shiloh was the most important battle whichhad been fought west of Virginia. General Halleck then tookthe field in command of the Union army in the West. Fol-lowing the Confederates by slow stages, he compelled the re-treat of Beauregard and stationed his entire force upon theMem
Essentials of United States history . Admiral Farragut. Admiral Foote. victory for the Confederates. But Buells army arrived inthe night, and on Monday the Union army drove the Confed-erates through the village of Shiloh. Beauregard retreated toCorinth and a little later to Tupelo (tu pe-16), Mississippi. The battle of Shiloh was the most important battle whichhad been fought west of Virginia. General Halleck then tookthe field in command of the Union army in the West. Fol-lowing the Confederates by slow stages, he compelled the re-treat of Beauregard and stationed his entire force upon theMemphis and Charleston Railroad. Thus he cut off commu-nication between the eastern country and Memphis, andhelped to secure to the Union the control of the Mississippi. 375. Farragut and New Orleans. — Operations on theMississippi were not confined to the northern section. TheConfederates had fortified the lower Mississippi and hadused every means to prevent the navigation of the had numerous forts, iron-clads, and fire ra
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