America's Civil War
History 393
Study Questions
Professor John C. Willis
 
 
Grant's Emergence in the West

 

1.  What was the chief factor in the Union victory at the Battle of Shiloh? 

2.  Why, after Shiloh, did U. S. Grant and others expect "a speedy move, one more fight and then the end of the war"? 

3.  What brought forth the divided assessment of General Grant in the wake of the fighting at Shiloh?


Visit this chronology of the battle of Shiloh for a detailed description of what transpired there.