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April. 11. Shiloh and New Orleans...
...Fiske delivered in Sanders Theatre last evening the second in his series of lectures on the Western Campaigns of the Civil War. Beginning immediately after the battle of Shiloh, he described the naval operations about New Orleans, Halleck's supreme command in the West, and finally the battle of Stone River or Murfreesboro...
After their defeat at Shiloh, the Confederates gave up their aggressive policy entirely in the face of the overwhelming Union forces. Their new line of defense extended from Memphis and Corinth east of Chattanooga...
...struggle had been fierce; the carnage equalled only at Shiloh. 10,000 were lost on each side, and from one Confederate regiment of 425 men, 306 were killed. In effect, Stone River was a drawn battle...
Lecture. Western Campaigns of the Civil War. I. From St. Louis to Shiloh. (Stereopticon Illustrations.) John Fiske, LL.D. Sanders Theatre...