This Week in American Military History:  Apr. 6, 1862:  Confederate Army forces under the command of Gen. Albert Sidney Johnston attack Union Army forces under the command of Maj. Gen. Ulysses S. Grant at Shiloh (Shiloh Church), Tennessee. The fighting is desperate on both sides – described as “a murderous fistfight” – and the bloodiest … Continue reading This Week In American History: From a “Murderous Fistfight??? to the “Ribbon Creek Massacre???