American Civil War: The Battle of Shiloh Ends
On this day in 1862 during the American Civil War, the Battle of Shiloh ended in Tennessee, when Union troops under General Ulysses S. Grant defeated Confederate troops under General Albert Sidney Johnston and P. G. T. Beauregard.
For more, visit:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Shiloh
Books:
The Illustrated Comprehensive History of the Great Battle of Shiloh, by Samuel Meek Howard