105 The Civil War: The Western Theater, April-October 1862

When we last covered the western theater, the focus was on the
pivotal battle at Shiloh. After focusing on the east, we now
return to the west. In the aftermath of Shiloh, Grant was
replaced with Henry Halleck. Halleck was far too slow in
continuing the advance to Corinth, Mississippi and he was booted
up the chain to Washington DC. In the interim, the Confederates
took advantage of the stretched Union lines. Braxton Bragg pushed
through Tennessee and raided Kentucky. While failing to bring the
Commonwealth back into the Confederacy, it temporarily put a halt
to the spectacular Union advances that had occurred earlier in
the year.


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