Shiloh+Battlefield

__The Battlefield__ __Bloody Pond__ The story of bloody pond is this: “Around the pond at the close of the day of the Bloody Morning Scout, 300 Canadians and Indians, who had been victors in the engagement and later tasted defeat in the Battle of Lake George, were resting. Suddenly from the forest burst a death-dealing hail of lead. Surprised by an equal force of Colonials from Fort Edward they had no chance to escape. Bodies of the dead by the hundred were cast into the pond, the water red with blood, and tradition has it that the attackers crossed the pond on a bridge of corpses."

__The Hornets Nest__ Early April 6, 1862 the confederates surprised the union troops by attacking them. Some federals made determine stands and by afternoon they had establish a battle line at the sunken road known as the hornets nest. Repeated Rebel attacks failed to carry the Hornets Nest, but massed artillery helped to turn the tide as Confederates surrounded the Union troops and captured, killed, or wounded most. __The Battle__ __ The North won the battle quite easily. The Southern army got quite tired and the north were able to bring additional reinforcements. The North won the battle quite easily because the South did not have as many soldiers as the north did. The North had 62,000 soldiers and the South had 44,000 soldiers.

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