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This boomerang episode of History Daily originally aired on March 29th, 2022.

It's April 6th, 1862, near Pittsburgh landing Tennessee, one year into the American Civil War.

Confederate General Albert Sidney Johnston rides across the battlefield to top his horse,

fire eater. His union foes are trying to take the major rail center of Corinth, Mississippi,

which lies 20 miles to the southwest. If they succeed, they will gain control of

much of the South's railways and supply lines. General Johnston was determined to prevent that

outcome, so he launched a surprise attack. Now, as Johnston's burrs fire eater on,

he raises his arm in the air as a sign for his men to fall in behind him.

Shots whiz pass from both sides, but Johnston charges for it.

But in the midst of the torrent, a bullet rips through the back of Johnston's right

knee, fire eater readers back as Johnston falls forward in his saddle. Johnston tried to regain control

of his horse and resume the attack, but the bullet has severed an artery, and Johnston can feel the

blood pouring down his leg. His vision blurs, the sound of the battle fades as Johnston slumps over

his horse. Johnston's men see him fall and try to carry him to safety, but it's no use.

Minutes later, General Johnston bleeds out on the battlefield. His surprise attack will fail,

and the skirmish will end in a stalemate. On the first day of this two-day conflict,

which will come to be known as the Battle of Shiloh, both sides offer heavy losses with nearly

24,000 men killed, wounded or captured, making this the deadliest battle in the American Civil War

so far. In April of 1862, skirmishes and battles between North and South are raging all across

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