Shiloh
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9.1
- 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.
- 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
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At the Battle of Shiloh, he took an active role in leading the men into combat.
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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.
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Pa was killed at Shiloh.
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Grant lost 13,000 men at Shiloh.
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The guns that had roared all day fell silent... ...around a little church called the Shiloh Meeting House.
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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.
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The Battle of Shiloh was a pivotal conflict during the American Civil War in 1862.
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General Grant faced immense challenges during the Battle of Shiloh, suffering heavy casualties.
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Many historians consider the Battle of Shiloh to have significantly changed the course of the war.
Synonyms
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8.7
A major Civil War battle in 1862 in Tennessee with very heavy losses
A major 1862 American Civil War battle in Tennessee, also called the Battle of Shiloh
Compounds
Surface Forms
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.