withan see corinth there red arrows which should be ominous for the yankees.the army of the tennessee was in camp there and had to wait there for several weeks by order of general halleck who emphasized they were to stay there and not go into battle. they were not able to be aggressive. they have to wait and they were very vulnerable from a counterstrike from the confederates because the army had to sit there. they lost the event of momentum and initiative. the morningearly in in april 6, in 1862, the johnstonte army of attacked the army near pittsburg landing. the battle that ensued takes its name from the small methodist church that was located on the battlefield -- shiloh church. it was called the battle of shiloh. and was the bloodiest battle in u.s. history up until that time. during that battle, james mcpherson functioned as a staff officer on grant's staff. to perform various services for grant. moved back and forth along the lines of his army checking how the different commands were doing and coming under fire and mcpherson was as well. mcpherson's mos

victories for the north, january of '62, promoted to major general in april of '62, fought at shiloh, corinth. thomas's greatest moment, if you will remember, on the morning of the second day, the union center was attacked, just as the time that woods's division was removed, off to the left, creating a mistaken division length gap in the union line at the center, at the very point where longstreet is leading five infantry divisions across the field. bang! the rebels break the union line. and they start heading north. where, on the north end of the field, thomas holds the left of the line, and holds it long enough against rebel attacks so that rosekrans and the rest of the army can flee back to chattanooga. he earned his nickname. i think it's a wonderful one. after that, when rosekrans was fired, thomas was promoted to command the army of the cumberland and it was his troops that carried missionary ridge in that surprise and unordered assault up the municipality. and it was in the atlanta campaign that thomas commanded sherman's largest in the three of his army group. more on that later. what