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He heard the firing and returned, sending verbally for Wallace to come from the right. The battle was stubbornly contested all day with the advantage on the Confederate side. Prentiss's brigade, Union, was outflanked and captured; but Johnston was killed, and his death was an irreparable blow to the Confederacy.
At night-fall fighting ceased. During the night Buell's forces arrived, and Wallace, who had lost his way, also appeared. Thus re-enforced, Grant attacked vigorously next morning and drove the Confederates from the field. There was no pursuit. The loss was almost 10,000 on each side, and this terrible conflict, so unequalled in American experience, caused mutual self-respect. For the first time, the public began to realize the full meaning of the war.
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