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Shiloh

Shiloh

11 9.1
A major 1862 American Civil War battle in southwestern Tennessee with many deaths
  • proper noun
  • /ˈʃaɪloʊ/
: batalla de Shiloh
  • His first combat experience was at the Battle of Shiloh in April 1862.
  • the Battle of Shiloh
  • Shiloh volunteers

As if the chaos the Gnaws Wood police was not just the drunken murderous rowdiness of San Francisco, but the deathly destruction of Shiloh and Antietam.

Examples

  • At the Battle of Shiloh, he took an active role in leading the men into combat.

    Academic text (1991)

  • We know they were holding prisoners here from the Battle of Shiloh, which was 1862, and we have a lot of accounts left by those men.

    Remember the Sultana (2015)

  • Pa was killed at Shiloh.

    How the West Was Won (1962)

  • Grant lost 13,000 men at Shiloh.

    The Last Castle (2001)

  • The guns that had roared all day fell silent... ...around a little church called the Shiloh Meeting House.

    How the West Was Won (1962)

  • The case study centers on Shiloh because this battle had the largest portion of raw citizen-soldiers.

    Academic text (1991)

  • The raw recruits at Shiloh were eager for action as the prospect of battle became imminent.

    Academic text (1991)

  • The Battle of Shiloh was a pivotal conflict during the American Civil War in 1862.

  • General Grant faced immense challenges during the Battle of Shiloh, suffering heavy casualties.

  • Many historians consider the Battle of Shiloh to have significantly changed the course of the war.

Synonyms

Battle of Shiloh
vsShiloh
1 8.7

A major Civil War battle in 1862 in Tennessee with very heavy losses

is the shorter single-word name for the same event
battle of Pittsburgh Landing
vsShiloh
8.6

A major 1862 American Civil War battle in Tennessee, also called the Battle of Shiloh

focuses on wider strategic consequences rather than the specific withdrawal

Compounds

Battle of Shiloh
1 8.7

A major Civil War battle in 1862 in Tennessee with very heavy losses

Surface Forms

Shiloh main

Etymology

Shiloh as the battle name comes from the name of a nearby church and farm, which in turn took its name from a town in the Bible often said to mean 'place of peace'. So the Civil War fight is called the Battle of Shiloh, even though the fighting there was very bloody.