Editing Battle of Shiloh (section)

===Beauregard withdraws===
All morning, Beauregard hoped that the arrival of 20,000 men under the command of Brigadier General [[Earl Van Dorn]] would change the battle momentum back to favoring the Confederates. He was eventually notified that Van Dorn was still far away, so preparations for a withdrawal to Corinth began about 1:00{{nbsp}}pm.<ref name="Cunningham365">{{harvnb|Cunningham|2009|p=365}}</ref>{{#tag:ref|One historian argues that Beauregard already knew Van Dorn was too far away, since he had been communicating with Memphis by telegraph.<ref name="Daniel301">{{harvnb|Daniel|1997|p=301}}</ref>|group=Note}} At about 2:00{{nbsp}}pm, Breckinridge began forming his corps into a rear guard position near Shiloh Church. Confederate batteries around Shiloh Church began a bombardment campaign to deceive the Union soldiers into thinking the Confederate army was still present. Around 3:30{{nbsp}}pm, the last of the Confederate artillery was hauled away toward Corinth.<ref name="Cunningham367-368">{{harvnb|Cunningham|2009|pp=367–368}}</ref>

Grant and Buell did not pursue the Confederate army, and have been criticized for their decisions. One historian called this the "final Federal Blunder", and believed that Lew Wallace's fresh division should have been sent in pursuit.<ref name="Daniel294">{{harvnb|Daniel|1997|p=294}}</ref> It started to rain at 6:30{{nbsp}}pm, and the rain turned to hail as the temperature dropped.<ref name="Cunningham370">{{harvnb|Cunningham|2009|p=370}}</ref> The battle was over with a huge number of casualties on both sides.<ref name="Daniel294"/>