On  this  platoiui,  two  miles  from  the  Landing,  stood  a  log  meeting-
Battieof  house  kuowu  as  Shiloh  Church,  which  has  given  name  to
shiioh.  ^j^^  battle   fought   near  it.     That   the   national   army  was

fairly  taken  by  surprise,  cannot  well  be  doubted.  The  manner  in
which  the  divisions  were  posted  on  the  border  of  the  plateau  shows
that  there  was  no  anticipation  of  an  attack  from  Corinth,  thirty  miles
away,  where  it  was  not  supposed  that  the  enemy  were  in  very  great
strength.  Grant  had  now  not  less  tlian  38,000  men  on  his  side  of  the
Tennessee,  and  Buell,  with  40,000  more,  was  a  few  miles  distant  on
the  other  side.  Beauregard  and  Johnston,  who  had  hardly  40,000
effective  men,  attempted  to  crush  Grant's  army  before  it  could  be
joined  by  Buell's.  They  moved  from  Corinth  on  the  3d  of  April.
On  the  otli  a  severe  storm  set  in,  which  delayed  the  attack  till  the
next  day,  thi*  troops  encamping  on  the  wet  ground,  without  fires,
about  three  quarters  of  a  mile  from  the  Federal  pickets.
1862.]


BATTLE  OF  SHILOH.
At  dawn  on  Sunday  morning,  Hardee's  corps  fell  upon  the  out-
lying divisions  of  the  Federal  army,  who  were  at  once  driven  in.
