What did the Union victory in the Battle of Shiloh mean for the Union? It won the war in the West for the Union. It gave the Union greater control of the Mississippi River valley. It allowed the Union to focus more on the war in the East. It established Union control over the border states.

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8 March, 17:19

What did the Union victory in the Battle of Shiloh mean for the Union? It won the war in the West for the Union. It gave the Union greater control of the Mississippi River valley. It allowed the Union to focus more on the war in the East. It established Union control over the border states.

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It gave the Union greater control of the Mississippi River valley.

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The ferocious Battle of Shiloh went on for two days, April 6-7, 1862. The Condeferates took the Union troops by surprise, but the latter managed to establish a defense line. Casualties mounted to 23,000, the bloodiest battle in American history up to that moment. A counteroffensive launched by Gen. Ulysses Grant pushed back the South's army. As a result of this defeat, all Southern hopes to stop the advance of the Northern armies into northern Mississippi were lost.