Farragut's Assistance

Today I heard some more great news on the battlefield! Admiral Farragut was able to capture all of New Orleans in one strike! This is a major victory for the North. Though I wish I could have done it myself I am glad that the North has such a large handle on things. With our skill, Admiral Farragut and I have been able to take the entire Mississippi. There are just two more places that we need to take over to be 100% in control. Port Hudson and Vicksburg are going to be tough to infiltrate, but with all of the victories we have had so far I think we can do it. This war has definitely gone on much longer than I and the other soldiers had suspected. Hopefully once we take over Port Hudson and Vicksburg, most of the fighting will be done and we will be able to resolve the problems that started this war in the first place.

Admiral Farragut
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Shiloh

Things have been slow for the past month, but today was one for the books. We battled this week at Shiloh. My troops and I had set up camp at a church in Shiloh, Tennessee we didn't feel the need to have guards around the clock so we all rested for a bit. We awoke that morning to an attack by a group of Confederate soldiers! Yes, we were taken by shock, but a little surprise attack wasn't enough to make me surrender. I lost a lot of men and it was going to hurt my chances of taking over the Mississippi. But, luckily I thought of counterattacking them the next day and I was able to force them to surrender. This battle was a great victory and though I lost a lot of men, I was able to learn a few things. Number one, we need scouts at all times, because we never know when the Confederates will attack. And number two, this is going to be a very long and bloody war.   

Shiloh
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