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On April 6 Gerneral Grant skillfully traded space for time. By evening Grant had establish a strong line supported by artillery and gunboats. Grant probaby was reasonably ready to turn back any assaut the Confederates could have launched that evening.
Certainly Buell did not arrive in time to be of much, if any, help on April 6th. Buell's army did help on April 7th but we have no way of knowing if Grant could have succeeded on April 7th without Buell's army. So could Grant have won the Battle of Shiloh on his own?
Certainly Buell did not arrive in time to be of much, if any, help on April 6th. Buell's army did help on April 7th but we have no way of knowing if Grant could have succeeded on April 7th without Buell's army. So could Grant have won the Battle of Shiloh on his own?