<prompt> Bhala okuqhubekayo kwalesi sigaba - EWestern Theater, amabutho e-Confederate, ayeholwa uJenene Albert S. Johnston, aphoqeleka ukuba ashiye iKentucky kanye neningi laseTennessee elisenkabeni nasentshonalanga ngemva kokulahlekelwa iFort Donelson neFort Henry ngoFebhuwari. Ukuthunjwa kwalezinqaba ezimbili kwashintsha umlawuli we-Union kule mpi, uMajor General Ulysses S. Grant, waba yiqhawe likazwelonke. UJohnston, elandela uhlelo olwalusikiselwe owesibili wakhe olawulayo uGeneral P. G. T. Beauregard, wagxilisa amabutho amaningi ngangokunokwenzeka eduze kwaseCorinth, eMississippi futhi wahlasela iGrants Army of the Tennessee eduze neShiloh Church  <response>: . futhi. Yize ephumelele ekushayeleni ibutho leNyunyana cishe emfuleni iTennessee ngo-Ephreli 6, uJohnston walimala kakhulu ngesikhathi kulwa, ngenkathi uGrant eqiniswa ebusuku yi-Army of the Ohio, eyayiholwa nguMeya Jikelele uDon Carlos Buell. UGrant wabe esehola ukuhlaselwa ngakusasa ekuseni futhi waxosha amaConfederate enkundleni, abe esebuyela emuva esisekelweni sabo eKorinte. UMajor General uHenry W. Halleck wathatha umyalo wamasosha aseNyakatho asebenza entshonalanga yeTennessee futhi athuthukela eKorinte, lapho amabutho womabili ahlala khona ukuvimbezela inyanga yonke. Esaba ukuthi ukuhlaselwa okugcwele kwe-Union ekuvikeleni kwe-Confederate kwakuseduze, uBeuregard wasusa iKorinte ngobusuku bukaMeyi 29-30 ngaphandle kokuthi amabutho kaHalleck athole kuze kube sekuseni ngakusasa. 