Beauregard naJohnston vaitarisira kusunungura Middle neWest Tennessee kubva mukutonga kweUnion nekurwisa Major General Ulysses S. Grant's Army of the Tennessee pachiteshi chengarava paPittsburg Landing paRwizi rweTennessee padyo neShiloh Church
. Nokurwisa Grant hondo yaBuell yeOhio isati yasvika, Beauregard aitarisira kukunda mauto maviri ari oga.