400 Shiloh and Corinth , April , May ,1862

400.Shiloh and Corinth , April , May ,1862

General Halleck now directed the op - erations of the Union armies in the West . He ordered Grant to take his men up the Tennes - see to Pittsburg Landing and there await the arrival of Buell with a strong force overland from Nashville . Grant encamped with his troops on the western bank of the Tennessee between Shiloh Church and Pittsburg Landing . Albert Sidney Johnston , the Confederate commander in the West , attacked him suddenly and with great fury . Soon the Union army was pushed back to the river . In his place many a leader would have withdrawn . But Grant , with amaz - ing courage , held on . In the afternoon Buell ＇ s leading regiments reached the other side of the river . In the night they were ferried across , and Grant ＇ s outlying commands were brought to the front . The next morning Grant attacked in his turn and slowly but surely pushed the Confederates off the field . Halleck then united Grant ＇ s , Buell ＇ s , and Pope ＇ s armies and captured Corinth .