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On the Union Left:
The Confederate advance on the Union left flank stalled late Sunday afternoon [April 6, 1862] on the opposite side of the Dill Branch ravine (to your right). Both sides were weary after a long day of fighting. Grant's desperate and depleted Union army seized this opportunity to regroup near Pittsburg Landing as steamboats unloaded reinforcements from the Army of the Ohio.
From the river, a pair of Union gunboats unleashed their big guns on Confederate positions. because of the steep angle of the riverbank, most of the shells hurtled harmlessly over the Confederates' heads. The deafening thunder of the naval guns, however, continued through the night, generating fear and apprehension in the Confederate ranks. |