The admissions of the highest Confederate officers engaged at Shiloh make the claim of a victory for them absurd.
The victory was not to either party until the battle was over.

It was then a Union victory, in which the Armies of the Tennessee and the Ohio both participated.

But the Army of the Tennessee fought the entire rebel army on the 6th and held it at bay until near night; and night alone closed the conflict and not the three regiments of Nelson's division.
The Confederates fought with courage at Shiloh, but the particular skill claimed I could not and still cannot see; though there is nothing to criticise except the claims put forward for it since.

But the Confederate claimants for superiority in strategy, superiority in generalship and superiority in dash and prowess are not so unjust to the Union troops engaged at Shiloh as are many Northern writers.

The troops on both sides were American, and united they need not fear any foreign foe.