<prompt> Feleletša polelwana e latelago: Lefelong la Ntwa la ka Bodikela, madira a Confederate ao a bego a laolwa ke Molaodi Albert S. Johnston a ile a gapeletšega go tlogela Kentucky le karolo e kgolo ya bogare le bodikela bja Tennessee ka morago ga go lahlegelwa ke Fort Donelson le Fort Henry ka February. Go thopša ga dibo tše pedi go ile gwa dira gore molaodi wa Mašole a Kopanego dintweng, Major General Ulysses S. Grant, e be mogale wa setšhaba. Johnston, ka go latela leano leo le šišintšwego ke molaodi wa gagwe wa bobedi General P. G. T. Beauregard, o ile a kgoboketša madira a mantši ka mo a bego a ka kgona kgauswi le Corinth, Mississippi gomme a hlasela madira a Grant a Tennessee  <response>: kgaufsi le Kereke ya Shiloh. Gaešita le ge a be a atlegile go lebiša madira a Union ka Nokeng ya Tennessee ka April 6, Johnston o ile a gobatšwa o šoro nakong ya ntwa, mola Grant a ile a matlafatšwa bošego ke Madira a Ohio, ao a bego a laolwa ke Major General Don Carlos Buell. Ka morago Grant o ile a etelela pele tlhaselo ya go itefeletša mesong e latetšego gomme a raka ma-Confederate go tšwa tšhemong, bao ka morago ba ilego ba boela morago go ya lefelong la bona kua Korinthe. Major General Henry W. Halleck o ile a tšea taolo ya madira a Union ao a bego a šoma ka bodikela bja Tennessee gomme a gatela pele go ya Korinthe, moo madira ka bobedi a ilego a dula gona bakeng sa go dikologa ga kgwedi ka moka. Ka go boifa gore tlhaselo e kgolo ya Union go tšhireletšo ya Confederate e be e le kgaufsi, Beauregard o ile a tlogela Korinthe bošegong bja May 29-30 ka ntle le gore mašole a Halleck a tsebe go fihla mesong e latelago. 