CHAPTER XI.

"AGATE'S" STORY OF SHILOH.

The Situation Before the Battle--The First Skirmish--Plans of the Rebel Leaders--The Scene on Sunday Morning--Troops in Disorder--Analysis of the Situation--Faulty Disposition of the Federal Troops--Arrangement of Sherman's Division--The Rebel Plan of Attack--Sherman's Old Friend Bragg among the Rebel Leaders 142