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	Fighting Over Railroads  Having a goal of taking the road and railroad  junction Grant led his troops south of the Tennessee River. Just north of the Mississippi boarder at Pittsburgh landing. Grant set up camp. Willing to do anything to stop Grant's advance, west generals Albert Sidney Johnston, P.G.T Beauregard, and  Braxton Bragg headed north from Corinth with 40,000  troops. Confederates attacked in Shilo. Grants army was unprepared so they fled with panic. As Grant ran to the battlefield, he saw tons of guns and knew  bullets were flying so he yelled this famous line, "It's as if were in the middle of a hornet's nest." The Union lost over 14,000 men either killed, missing, or  wounded while the Confederates lost only 11,000 men. Reported by: Tara	Battle of Chickamauga Breaks Out!!!! Chickamauga Creek, Virginia The battle of Chickamauga, nicknamed the "River of  Death", has taken place for the last two days. A union soldier was here to say, "Here on a large plain, surrounded by an amphitheater of bluffs, we collected about  70,000 of our troops presenting from high ground a most  magnificent sight." General James Longstreet, who was really lousy was the southern general. The remarkable, General Braxton Bragg, was our head general. We had the best chance of winning the battle because we had more people, better weapons, and more money. We just got word that we have won the battle!   Reported by: Jessica		Blood is Running in Kansas In 1850 the congress faced issues of slavery. The  Missouri Compromise was forbidden in Kansas and Nebraska.  The law was challenged. All slave holders and non-slaver holders started moving to Nebraska. Fighting began and dozens of people were killed and that  how Kansas got the nickname Bloody Kansas. Anti slavery over ruled proslavery so you can see who won. Slavery became very serious as you can see what happened in Kansas. John Brown said", The fight was terrible. Anti slavery beat the  proslavery with clubs and bats. There was blood  everywhere. Reported by: Kiley
	Farragut Succeeds  "Damn the torpedoes, full speed ahead!"  David Farragut bellowed last month at the battle of Mobile  Bay as bullets whizzed by his head. Farragut was born into a military family and at age nine entered the army as a midshipman. After shouting his immortal words, torpedoes helped win  the victory at Mobile Bay. Farragut will return to New York and word has it he will be granted $50,000 for a home there.   Reported by: Emma
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