. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . IKACTICINC ON A RIVEK THE BATTLE OF tions of war, I believed muchmore could be accomplishedwithout further sacrifice of , a town betweenDonelson and Nashville, in theState of Tennessee, and on theeast bank of the Cumberland,was garrisoned by the was also garrisoned,and was probably the best pro-visioned depot at the time inthe Confederacy. Albert SidneyJohnston occupied BowlingGreen, Kentucky, with a largeforce. I l)elie\ ed, and my infor-mation justified the belief, thatthese places would fa

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. Abraham Lincoln and the battles of the Civil War . IKACTICINC ON A RIVEK THE BATTLE OF tions of war, I believed muchmore could be accomplishedwithout further sacrifice of , a town betweenDonelson and Nashville, in theState of Tennessee, and on theeast bank of the Cumberland,was garrisoned by the was also garrisoned,and was probably the best pro-visioned depot at the time inthe Confederacy. Albert SidneyJohnston occupied BowlingGreen, Kentucky, with a largeforce. I l)elie\ ed, and my infor-mation justified the belief, thatthese places would fall into ourhands without a battle, if threat- NEW SHILOH CHURCH, ON THE SITE OF TillLOG CHAPEL DESTROYED AFTER THE BATHE [This is the Corinth road, looking south toward CorinthShermans first line of battle was formed in the bickground above the ravine, in which is the Shiloh spnii THE battle of Shiloh, foughton Sunday and Monday, the6th and 7th of April, 1862, isperhaps less understood, or, tostate the case more accurately,more persistently misunderstood,than any other engagement be-tween National and

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