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Shiloh: The Battle That Changed the Civil War

Shiloh: The Battle That Changed the Civil War

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The bloodbath at Shiloh, Tenn. (April 6-7, 1862), brought an end to any remaining innocence in the Civil War. The combined 23,000 casualties that the two armies inflicted on each other in two days shocked North and South alike. Ulysses S. Grant kept his head and managed, with reinforcements, to win a hard-fought victory. Confederate general Albert Sidney Johnston was wounded and bled to death, leaving P.G.T. Beauregard to disengage and retreat with a dispirited gray-clad army. Daniel (Soldiering in the Army of Tennessee) has crafted a superbly researched volume that will appeal to both the beginning Civil War reader as well as those already familiar with the course of fighting in the wooded terrain bordering the Tennessee River. His impressive research includes the judicious use of contemporary newspapers and extensive collections of unpublished letters and diaries. He offers a lengthy discussion of the overall strategic situation that preceded the battle, a survey of the generals and their armies and, within the notes, sharp analyses of the many controversies that Shiloh has spawned?

ISBN

978-0684803753

Publication Date

4-7-1997

Publisher

Simon & Schuster

City

New York City

Keywords

Civil War

Disciplines

American Studies | United States History

Comments

This title is currently unavailable at J. Conrad Dunagan Library.

Shiloh: The Battle That Changed the Civil War

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