shiloh

Noun

Shi=loh

WORDNET DICTIONARY

shiloh(n = noun.act) battle of pittsburgh landing, battle of shiloh - the second great battle of the American Civil War (1862); the battle ended with the withdrawal of Confederate troops but it was not a Union victory;

is a kind of pitched battle

is a part of american civil war, united states civil war, war between the states

shiloh, n. [Heb. shīlōh, literally, quiet, rest, fr. shālāh to rest.].

A word used by Jacob on his deathbed, and interpreted variously, as “the Messiah,” or as the city “Shiloh,” or as “Rest.” [1913 Webster]

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