Iā€™d like to add the following to this.

1: Sherman thought Grant was going to fire him and wanted to save face with that line since he lost handily, though his ordered retreat saved a lot of Union lives.

2: Grant some time earlier got word that reinforcements were arriving for the following day.

April 06, 2026 - 22:41 UTC

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But how many men died on both sides as a result of that battle? And was the American public or the union public in support of the war?
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This book, if you can find it in a library or buy it, explains in great detail how & why the union public did support the war

www.hup.harvard.edu/books/9780674066083
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Pittsburgh Landing, some 23,000. Yes, considering some 650,000+ died or were as wounded during the war, and they prosecuted the war to a successful conclusion.
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