overall regional commander for south was albert sydney johnson, western department. yes, he did catch a lot of flack for it. albert sydney johnson was actually the second highest ranking confederate general in the army at that time. very distinguished career, indian fighter, been in regular army before the war. was department commander in the pacific right before the war and came across the prairie to fight in the civil war. he had a tough job. the south had a departmental system in their -- in how they worked things. johnson was responsible for raising armies, equipping them, dealing with all the governors, getting supplies from the governors. he was a military guy but also a politician. you know, he had to deal with the politicians. hard, hard job. where the union had a far more streamlined central authority here. general johnson will catch heck for the failure of ft. henry, ft. donelson, and he's scrambling to recover from that, which leads to the battle of shiloh. he is forming the -- after ft. donelson, ft. henry fall, the new union army of tennessee will move t

they had to be led much in the fashion that sydney johnson realized they had to be led on the first day. so it became a desperate seesaw battle at the crossroads where we'll move to now. fighting here at crossroads north of shiloh church where we've moved to, we'll come full bear against the confederate left. the hamburg free road basically constitutes the confederate front at this stage of the battle. so from noon on, they're defending the road line at a very important lateral line of communication and the federals were pressing down against it. here grant's forces will be joined by elements of buell's command and the fight for the crossroads will see-saw, seesaw over the course of two hours. union forces will attack and seem to gape an upper hand and beauregard will grab nearby forces coming off the fight, reorganize them and are able to throw counterpunches back which will stem the tide of the federal onslaught and the confederates will seize back a little bit of the initiative only to have a fresh federal force arrive from pittsburgh landing and now they're contending with new force

johnson has more. >> reporter: hundreds gathered at the law enforcement officers memorial in washington to remember the fallen police officers. this year the heroes include maryland state trooper shaft sydney hunter. he was killed while chasing a speeding motorcycle in howard county. also derek krause killed by a student from a nearby college during a routine traffic stop. names of the fallen were added to the memorial wall. u.s. attorney eric holder was among those to speak. >> we come together to pay special tribute to the 362 remarkable individuals whose stories are a testament to the endurance and the strength of america's law enforcement officers at every level and whose names are now permanently carved into this memorial as a reminder of their ultimate sacrifice. >> we light a candle for each life taken from us in the line of duty over the past year. and we honor every officer who has made the ultimate sacrifice for our country. each of these candles will burn a single small flame but its light will join all of the others to illuminate this sacred ground. >> reporter: bruce johnson, 9news now. >> this weekend president obama and vice president biden honor 34 of the nation's top cops

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