Civil War: The Untold Story

The Confederate forces surprise attack against the Union in Shiloh Tennessee results in some of the most brutal fighting of the Civil War

Day two at the Battle of Shiloh The Union army is reinforced and launches a counterattack The Confederates retreat south to Corinth Mississippi The shocking combined casualties of 24000 men are more than in all the wars fought to date in the United States Thousands of slaves begin surrendering to Union forces choosing to become agents of their own emancipation In Corinth the Union army sets up a

On January 1 1863 Abraham Lincoln declares more than 3 million slaves in rebelling states lsquoforever freerdquo The Emancipation Proclamation changes the war from one of reunification to one of ending slavery giving African Americans freedom to fight

The battle of Chickamauga continues One of the biggest blunders of the Civil War leaves a gap in the Union line James Longstreets Confederate forces split the Union army in two making it the bloodiest battle of the Western Campaign only to be topped later by Gettysburg

Sherman is defeated in Georgia but then defeats the Confederates at Jonesboro He continues his March to the Sea dealing a psychological blow to the Confederacy and a stunning conclusion to the Western Campaign