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Pittsburgh Landing
Union General Nathaniel Banks was involved in several battles in early March of 1864. Banks army at the Battle of Pleasant Hill were 20,000 men strong. He received 10,000 more troops when Vicksburg fell.
It was General Ambrose Everett Burnside (Union Army).
The Union named the battles after the nearest body of water. The Confederates named it after the nearest town. The Battle of Shiloh is also known as The Battle of PIttsburg Landing.
U.S. Grant
Union IMPROVEMENT Ulysses S. Grant, at that time Major General commander of the Union Army of Tennessee won the Battle of Shiloh (Pittsburg Landing as called by the Confederates).
Pittsburgh Landing
In order to provide a safe landing of Union General Buell's troops on Pittsburg Landing, two Union gunboats the USS Tyler and Lexington shelled Confederate forces. From the outset of the upcoming Battle of Shiloh, Confederate General Albert S. Johnston understood that a victory could be attained if US Grant's Army of the Tennessee could be defeated before Buell's reinforcements arrived.
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Credit for the Union's capture of Roanoke Island in 1862 was granted to the Union army and navy. Admiral Goldsborough supplied the ships and gun fire to protect the landing army forces of General Ambrose Burnside. With that said, the victory was shared by both Union commanders.
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Major General Alfred Pleasonton commanded the Union's cavalry corps at the Battle of Gettysburg. His cavalry commanders helped to win the Battle of Gettysburg for the Union.
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Union General Nathaniel Banks was involved in several battles in early March of 1864. Banks army at the Battle of Pleasant Hill were 20,000 men strong. He received 10,000 more troops when Vicksburg fell.