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Shiloh was the first battle to show just how bloody the Civil War would be.

Now many a pretty maid did mourn
A lover who'll no more return;
The cruel war has from her torn;
His body lies at Shiloh.  

     "The Battle Of Shiloh," #136 English Folk Songs from the Southern Appalachians, CJ Sharp, 1932

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