Battles-+Antietam+and+Shiloh

**__Antietam __**
 * Battles- Antietam and Shilo  h  **


 *     Life on the battlefield was ** __difficult.__ **       
 *  The Nationals on the east side of the river helped in guiding the Confederates away, past the wood line.
 *  Of the teams on the Confederate side, //**more than half** // of them died.   
 *  A part of Porter's division made an expedition on Virginia’s side, and were attacked in an ambush led by A.P. Hill, who drove them across the Potomac and captured 209 of the Nationals


 *  __Shiloh__   **<span style="color: black; font-family: 'Arial','sans-serif';">
 * <span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;"> The Nationals were in a **risky** situation. A powerful blow would have them defeated.  <span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;">
 * <span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;"> The National loss was about 15,000.  <span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;">
 * <span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;"> The hospital vessels sent down the Tennessee were crowded with the sick and wounded.  <span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;"> <span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;">
 * <span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"><span style="font-family: Tahoma, Geneva, sans-serif;"> The Confederates had __**lost over 10,000**__ men in the fight and retreat. 3,000 died during the escape to Monterey.

__** These battles were hard on the fighters, and the citizens of the states. **__ <span style="color: black; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-ascii-font-family: Calibri; mso-hansi-font-family: Calibri;"> The websites I used were- [|www.nps.gov/archieve/anti/battle/.htm] [|www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/battle-of-shiloh.htm] [|www.sonofthesouth.net/leefoundation/battle-antietam.htm]