The losses on each side at Shiloh were unusually heavy. Grant’s army of 39,830 had been reinforced by 25,255 during the night between the 2 days’ battle, swelling the total number of Union troops engaged to 65,085, excluding a guard detachment of 1,727 men left at Crump’s Landing. Of that total number 1,754 were reported killed, 8,408 wounded, and 2,885 missing; presenting an aggregate of 13,047 casualties.
The army under Generals Johnston and Beauregard had gone into battle with 43,968 men of all arms and condition. They received no reinforcements, except 731 men of Col. Munson R. Hill’s Tennessee Regiment who had reached the front unarmed and were furnished with arms and equipment picked up from the field. The Southerners lost 1,728 killed, 8,012 wounded, and 959 captured or missing, or a total of 10,699 casualties.
Present for duty Casualties Killed Wounded Missing Total UNION Army of the Tennessee (April 39,830 1,433 6,202 2,818 10,453 6) _Reinforcements (April 7)_ Army of the Tennessee 7,337 80 399 12 491 Army of the Ohio 17,918 241 1,807 55 2,103 Total Federals engaged[1] 65,085 1,754 8,408 2,885 13,047 CONFEDERATE Army of the Mississippi 43,968 1,728 8,012 959 10,699 (April 6) _Reinforcements (April 7)_ Hill’s 47th Tennessee 731 Total Confederates engaged 44,699 1,728 8,012 959 10,699 Grand Total 109,784 3,482 16,420 3,844 23,746
[1]Does not include 1,727 troops left at Crump’s Landing as rear guard.
During the first few weeks following the battle, both sides claimed a victory. The Confederates based their claim upon the facts that they had inflicted an almost complete rout on the Federals on Sunday, April 6, and that they had been able to hold a part of the field until they withdrew in good order on Monday. Furthermore, they said, the Union armies were so battered that they were unable to pursue.
[Illustration: _Shiloh National Cemetery._]
[Illustration: CONFEDERATE PLAN OF BATTLE]
Johnston expected to push rapidly with his right wing around Grant’s left as shown by the long black arrow. Such a move would drive the Federal Army downstream away from its base of supplies at Pittsburg Landing. The Confederates would then envelop and defeat the Federals.
[Illustration: HOW THE BATTLE WAS FOUGHT]