Question

What was the Confederate response to General Buell’s arrival?

A) They fought even harder.
B) They retreated twenty miles south to Corinth.
C) They started the fields on fire to panic the soldiers.
D) They retreated to the mouth of the Mississippi at New Orleans.

Answer 1

Step-by-step explanation:

General Buell's arrival during the Civil War was during the Battle of Shiloh in April 1862. The Confederate response to General Buell's arrival was Option B) They retreated twenty miles south to Corinth. The Confederate forces under General Albert Sidney Johnston and General P.G.T. Beauregard were initially successful in the battle, but were eventually pushed back by the Union forces led by General Ulysses S. Grant and General Buell. After the first day of fighting, the Confederates retreated to Corinth, Mississippi to regroup and plan their next move.