Qoraal sii socoda faqradan - Gudaha Galbeedka, ciidamada Confederate, oo uu hogaaminayo General Albert S. Johnston, ayaa lagu qasbay inay ka baxaan Kentucky iyo qeybo badan oo ka mid ah bartamaha iyo galbeedka Tennessee kadib luminta Fort Donelson iyo Fort Henry bishii Febraayo. Qabsashada labada qalcadood waxay ka dhigtay taliyaha Midowga ee dagaalada, Major General Ulysses S. Grant, halyeey qaran. Johnston, oo raacaya qorshe uu soo jeediyay ku xigeenkiisa General P. G. T. Beauregard, wuxuu xoogga saaray ciidamo badan intii uu awoodi karay meel u dhow Corinth, Mississippi wuxuuna weeraray Grant's Army of the Tennessee meel u dhow Shiloh Church
Waxaad Inkastoo uu ku guulaystay in uu ciidanka Midowga ku riixay Wabiga Tennessee bishii Abriil 6, Johnston ayaa si xun loogu dhaawacay dagaalka, halka Grant uu habeenkii lagu xoojiyay Ciidanka Ohio, oo uu hoggaaminayay Major General Don Carlos Buell. Grant ayaa markii danbe weerar ku qaaday subaxdii xigtay wuxuuna ka saaray ciidamada Confederate-ka, kuwaas oo markii danbe dib ugu laabtay saldhiga ay ku leeyihiin Korintos. Major General Henry W. Halleck ayaa qaatay amarka ciidamada Midowga ee ka howlgala galbeedka Tennessee waxayna u dhaqaaqeen Korintos, halkaas oo labada ciidanba ay degeen muddo bil ah. Isaga oo ka cabsi qaba in weerar ballaaran oo Midowga ka dhan ah difaaca Confederate uu ku dhow yahay, Beauregard wuxuu ka daadgureeyay Korintos habeenkii May 29<unk>30 iyada oo aan ciidamada Halleck ogayn ilaa subaxdii xigtay.