<P> Three more years of such bloodshed remained and eight larger and bloodier battles were yet to come . Grant later came to realize that his prediction of one great battle bringing the war to a close would probably not occur . The war would continue, at great cost in casualties and resources, until the Confederacy succumbed or the Union was divided . Grant also learned a valuable personal lesson on preparedness that (mostly) served him well for the rest of the war . </P> <P> The loss of Albert Johnston was a particularly severe blow to the Confederacy . President Jefferson Davis called it "the turning point of our fate ." For the remainder of the war, the Confederate armies in the West would go through a long string of commanders, much like the Union in the east, as Davis searched for a leader who was the caliber of Robert E. Lee . </P> <Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> "What I Saw of Shiloh" by Ambrose Bierce Read by Winston Tharp for LibriVox Audio 00: 46: 49 (full text) </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> Problems playing this file? See media help . </Td> </Tr> </Table> <Tr> <Td> </Td> <Td> "What I Saw of Shiloh" by Ambrose Bierce Read by Winston Tharp for LibriVox Audio 00: 46: 49 (full text) </Td> </Tr>

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