Excerpt from Beadle's American Battles: Pittsburg Landing, (Shiloh, ) and the Investment of Corinth, Drawn From Original Sources, Officers' Reports, Etc., With Anecdotes, Incidents, EtcThe several divisions of Buell's army began to move forward from Nashville and its western line of occupation late in March. The design was a combination Of the two armies -to make a junction with Grant's forces on the west bank of the Tennessee, taking up a line Of advance between Savannah and Purdy. This junction it was the aim. Of rebel strategy to prevent. It called Johnston and Beauregard out Of their strong position on the hills Of Corinth to make the desperate onslaught at Shiloh, or Pittsburg Landing - an assault which came nearer to a victory for their arms than we care to contemplate.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.