What Was the Outcome of the Battle of Shiloh

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Multiple Choice

What was the outcome of the Battle of Shiloh?

• A) The Union won a great naval victory that proved to be a terrible setback to the southern economy, giving the Union control of many cotton plantations and liberating tens of thousands of slaves.
• B) A Union victory after sending reinforcements to fight General Braxton Bragg's army helped secure Union control of Kentucky for the rest of the war.
• C) The Union made a remarkable comeback under Grant's leadership after seeming defeat, but it was the costliest battle Americans had engaged in up to that point.
• D) A major Confederate victory ensured that the South would take control of the area east of the Appalachians and that war would now turn to fighting in the West.
• E) The Confederates tried out new military tactics that resulted in the lowest number of casualties in any Civil War battle so far.

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