<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War" id="mwgQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a>: The <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_Shiloh" id="mwgg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Battle of Shiloh">Battle of Shiloh</a> begins: In <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tennessee" id="mwgw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Tennessee">Tennessee</a>, forces under <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_(American_Civil_War)" id="mwhA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Union (American Civil War)">Union</a> General <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ulysses_S._Grant" id="mwhQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Ulysses S. Grant">Ulysses S. Grant</a> meet <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederate_States_of_America" id="mwhg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Confederate States of America">Confederate</a> troops led by General <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Albert_Sidney_Johnston" id="mwhw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Albert Sidney Johnston">Albert Sidney Johnston</a>.