why was the battle of shiloh named shiloh
The Hornetâs Nest. The Hornetâs Nest was a name given to the area of the Shiloh battlefield where Confederate troops made repeated attacks against Union positions along a small, little-used farm road on the first day of the battle, April 6, 1862.he Battle of Shiloh Begins. Johnston initiated a surprise attack on Grantâs camps around Shiloh Church and drove the Federal forces back to a defensive perimeter on the heights above Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River. During the afternoon, Johnston was wounded in the leg and bled to death.