87 - Ulysses S Grant and the Battle of Shiloh

At this point, in late 1861, the war is not going well for the Union.  The early battles of the Civil War were mostly Union defeats, or at least draws where the Rebel army got away.  There were not any definitive victories, that’s for sure.  And because of that, the Confederacy still existed.  It was sort of like the American strategy during the Revolutionary war - as long as General Washington and the Continental Army still existed, the British hadn’t won.  Similarly, as long as the Confederacy still existed, the Union had not won.  And this gave hope to the Confederates, and frustrated the people of the Union.  

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