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The second great battle of the American Civil War (1862)
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shiloh
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Shiloh (Heb: שִׁלוֹ ,שִׁילֹה ,שִׁלֹה, and שִׁילוֹ variably) was an ancient city in Samaria mentioned in the Hebrew Bible . It has been positively identified with modern Khirbet Seilun , a tell or archaeological mound, dubbed in Modern Hebrew Tel Shiloh ...
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Population (2000): 7643 Housing Units (2000): 2928 Land area (2000): 10.054157 sq. miles (26.040146 sq. km) Water area (2000): 0.032733 sq. miles (0.084777 sq. km) Total area (2000): 10.086890 sq. miles (26.124923 sq. km) FIPS code: 69524 Located within: ...
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Louis, secure in his plan of campaign, had sent an order after Dick left Shiloh, for Buell to turn to the north, leaving Grant to himself, and occupy a town that he named.
This army was to come to Pittsburg Landing or Shiloh partly by the Tennessee, and Grant stated that the vessels for him would not be ready until some days later.
The red dawn of Shiloh, when Johnston was sweeping his army before him, had found him at Savannah far from the field of battle.
But he, himself, did not reach the field of Shiloh until 10 o'clock, when the fiercest battle yet known on the American continent had been raging for several hours.
The eager Nelson was detained at Savannah by Buell, who thought that the sounds of the engagement they heard in the Shiloh woods was a minor affair, and who wanted Nelson to wait for boats to take him there.
Sherman, in his advance, came again to the ground around the little Methodist chapel of Shiloh which he had defended so well the day before, and crowded his whole force upon the Southern line at that point.
The track supervisor on Shiloh is an old shipmate of mine, and he'll be thinking exactly the same thing.
A smaller contact, probably Shiloh, was positioned twenty miles astern of the massive flagship.
The admiral had the microphone for the command circuit in his hand and was doggedly, quietly, and desperately calling up Shiloh and La Salle.
After all, if she'd had a chance to get on board Shiloh, she would have jumped at it and he wouldn't have begrudged her that opportunity.
We have every helo on deck airborne during daylight, and the Shiloh is quartering a search pattern now.
Out here, it was just the Shiloh and her two helos, an eight-person aircrew detachment with support personnel along.
The symbol designating a hostile submarine was six thousand yards aft of the carrier, its speed leader pointing toward the carrier and Shiloh, now stationed seven thousand yards ahead of the carrier.
From their Link data, they could see that the carrier was slowly accelerating through twenty knots, still headed straight north in the Strait, Shiloh steaming ahead of her.
Captain Daniel Heather, CO of the Shiloh, who had ferried over by helo for the conference, nodded.