This battle was decided when the gunboats Lexington and Tyler arrived to support a line of siege guns the defenders had assembled overlooking Dill Branch.
This battle was decided when the gunboats Lexington and Tyler arrived to support a line of siege guns the defenders had assembled overlooking Dill Branch. One division of the defending army missed the first day of the battle after getting lost on the way to Snake Creek Bridge. The retreat of Thomas Sweeny's troops caused another division, led by Benjamin Prentiss, to be surrounded and captured near the Hornet's Nest. The commander of the losing army led a charge across a cotton field, during which he was shot through the leg and bled to death, slowing a Confederate surprise attack that began by overrunning William Tecumseh Sherman's outposts. For 10 points, Albert Sidney Johnston was killed at what battle, an April 1862 Union victory near the Tennessee River?
This battle was decided when the gunboats Lexington and Tyler arrived to support a line of siege guns the defenders had assembled overlooking Dill Branch.
Battle of {Shiloh} [or Battle of {Pittsburg Landing}]