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Chapter 4 consited on battles such as the battle of bull run. On July 22, 1861, the first major battle of the [|United States Civil War] occurred with the First Battle of Bull Run. This battle resulted in both sides, Union and Confederate, realizing that the war would probably not be quickly resolved. Sadly, Bull Run was located close enough to Washington that sightseers and picnickers went out to watch the battle where approximately 3,000 Federal and 2,000 Confederate troops were lost. The battle ended in a Union retreat. There were many battles such as Shiloh. Battle of Shiloh, also called the Battle of Pittsburg Landing, engagement of the American Civil War. The name Shiloh was taken from that of a meetinghouse, 5 km (3 mi) from Pittsburg Landing, that is on the Tennessee River, 14 km (9 mi) north of Savannah, Tennessee. Here on April 6, 1862, a Confederate army of 40,000 men under General Albert S. Johnston surprised and attacked a Union army of 45,000 men under General Ulysses S. Grant. During the battle, which lasted from dawn to dusk and was one of the most desperate of the war, the Union troops were steadily driven back, but Johnston was killed, and his successor, General Pierre G. T. Beauregard, ordered operations suspended a few hours later. The following day Grant, with 25,000 reinforcements under General Don Carlos Buell, attacked the Confederates and forced them to withdraw to Corinth, Mississippi. Thus, Grant regained all the ground he had lost, and the two-day battle ended without a conclusive victory for either side. Casualties numbered more than 10,000 in each army. A national military park and cemetery commemorating the battle are located at Shiloh. Overall the battle was ended and Lincoln was soon assanated.