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 | | A year before, on July 21, 1861, there was the Battle of First Bull Run (First Manassas), where the Confederates first used the railroads to rapidly transport reinforcing troops and turn the tide of a battle. |
 | | In the two day battle at Shiloh, more American soldiers had been killed, wounded or captured, than in all of the previous battles of the previous wars in which the United States had thus far fought, combined. |
 | | For all intents and purposes, Missouri was under the control of the Federal forces since the Confederate defeat at the Battle of Pea Ridge (Elkhorn Tavern) in northwest Arkansas on March 7-8, 1862. |
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