Shiloh & Antietam: The 1862 Battles That Saved the Union

“The turning point of our fate." – Jefferson Davis on the death of Albert Sidney Johnston at Shiloh

“Probably no single battle of the war gave rise to such wild and damaging reports.” – William Tecumseh Sherman

After Union General Ulysses S. Grant captured Fort Henry and Fort Donelson in early 1862, Confederate General Albert Sidney Johnston, widely considered the Confederacy’s best general, concentrated his forces in northern Georgia and prepared for a major offensive that culminated w...