...destroyed before Buell arrived. It was, perhaps, the bloodiest battle recorded in all history. The loss of life was thirty three per cent of the armies engaged. At "Borodino," considered one of Napoleon 's most sanguinary battles, the destruction was only thirty per cent. --Hereafter, to have been at Shiloh will be among the proudest recollections and distinctions of the armies of the Confederacy. ...