The navy had conquered its own place in the public regard, and had performed an inestimable service in the contest against the rebellion.
THE DESPERATE BATTLE OF SHILOH.
The brilliant success in the early spring, both of the army and navy, was unfortunately not continued in the subsequent months.
General Grant, after the fall of Nashville, marched southward to confront the army of General A.S.Johnston, and on the 6th and 7th of April a terrible battle was fought at Pittsburg Landing on the Tennessee River.

The battle was originally called by that name in the annals of the Union, but the title of "Shiloh" given to it by the Confederate authorities, is the one more generally recognized in history.

In the first day's engagement the Union army narrowly escaped a crushing defeat; but before the renewal of the contest on the following morning General Buell effected a junction with the forces of General Grant, and the two, united, recovered all the lost ground of the day before and gained a substantial victory for the Union, though at great cost of life.

The Union army lost some eighteen hundred men killed and nearly eight thousand wounded.
The Confederate loss was not less.

There is no doubt that General Grant was largely outnumbered on the first day, but after the junction of Buell he probably outnumbered the Confederates.