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7 April 1862 A.D. PITTSBURGH LANDING, TN: Battle of Shiloh Ends. Editors. “Battle of Shiloh concludes.” History.com. 2009. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/battle-of-shiloh-concludes .   Accessed 6 Apr 2015. Two days of heavy fighting conclude near Pittsburgh Landing in western Tennessee. The Battle of Shiloh became a Union victory after the Confederate attack stalled on April 6, and fresh Yankee troops drove the Confederates from the field on April 7. Shiloh began when Union General Ulysses S. Grant brought his army down the Tennessee River to Pittsburgh Landing in an effort to move on Corinth, Mississippi, 20 miles to the southwest. Union occupation of Corinth, a major rail center, would allow the Yankees to control nearly all of western Tennessee. At Corinth, Confederate General Albert Sidney Johnston did not wait for Grant to attack. He moved his army toward Grant, striking on the morning of April 6. Throughout the day, the Confederates drove the Yanke...