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It's the spring of 1862. The Confederate Army in the West teeters on the brink of collapse following the catastrophic loss of Fort Donelson. Commanding general Albert Sidney Johnston is forced to pull up stakes, abandon the critical city of Nashville, and rally his troops in defense of the Memphis and Charleston Railroad. Hot on Johnston's trail are two of the Union's best generals: the relentless Ulysses Grant, fresh off his career-making victory...
Author
Publisher
Dial Press
Pub. Date
1952.
Language
English
Description
This fictional re-creation of the battle of Shiloh in April 1862 is a stunning work of imaginative history, from Shelby Foote, beloved historian of the Civil War. Shiloh conveys not only the bloody choreography of Union and Confederate troops through the woods near Pittsburg Landing, Tennessee, but the inner movements of the combatants' hearts and minds. Through the eyes of officers and illiterate foot soldiers, heroes, and cowards, Shiloh creates...
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Pub. Date
[1996]
Language
English
Description
One of the bloodiest and most bitterly fought battles of the Civil War took place at Shiloh Church (and Pittsburg Landing) on April 6-7, 1862. The Union, led by Ulysses S. Grant and William Tecumseh Sherman, held off a massive Confederate offensive led by Albert Sidney Johnston and P. G. T. Beauregard, paving the way for Union control of the Western Theater. When the fighting ended, nearly 20,000 soldiers were either dead or wounded, and the South...
7) Shiloh, 1862
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Publisher
National Geographic Society
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
In this gripping telling of the first "great and terrible" battle of the Civil War, Groom describes the dramatic events of April 6 and 7, 1862, when a bold surprise attack on Ulysses S. Grant's encamped troops and the bloody battle that ensued would alter the timbre of the war.
8) Ripples of battle: how wars of the past still determine how we fight, how we live, and how we think
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Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
2003.
Language
English
Author
Publisher
Savas Beatie
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
The bloody and decisive two-day battle of Shiloh on April 6-7, 1862 changed the entire course of the American Civil War. The stunning Northern victory thrust Union commander Ulysses S. Grant into the national spotlight, claimed the life of Confederate commander Albert S. Johnston, and forever buried the notion that the Civil War would be a short conflict.
The conflagration had its roots in the strong Union advance during the winter of 1861-1862 that...
13) Shiloh
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Series
Civil War battle ; 2
Publisher
Cumberland House
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
A Confederate's tale of intrigue and adventure at Shiloh, the bloodiest fighting in Tennessee, in this second volume in The Civil War Battles Series. Cory Brannon joins the crew of the riverboat Missouri Zephyr and must choose sides when the boat's crew is swept into the fighting for control of the river, and after a brief period as a prisoner, Cory finds himself taking up arms again at the Battle of Shiloh.
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Series
Historical handbook ; 10
Publisher
National Park Service
Pub. Date
1961.
Language
English
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Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
Born to Battle examines the Civil War's complex and decisive western theater through the exploits of its greatest figures: Ulysses S. Grant and Nathan Bedford Forrest. These two opposing giants squared off in some of the most epic campaigns of the war, starting at Shiloh and continuing through Perryville, Vicksburg, Chickamauga, and Chattanooga—battles in which the Union would slowly but surely divide the western Confederacy, setting the stage...
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Publisher
Center Point Pub
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
"Together with the ragtag band of youths who called themselves the Concho County Comanches, Buck Burnet was on a mission to drive the damn Yankees out. Just as they finally met up with their army, they were just in time to face the greatest challenge of all: a merciless battle against the forces of Grant and Sherman." --
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Publisher
Berkley Prime Crime
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
Harrison Raines hunts for a savage double murderer on the killing fields of Shiloh. General Grant's army is camped along the Tennessee River, ready to deal a crushing blow to the South. If they are able to capture Corinth, the Confederacy's railways will disintegrate, bringing its army to its knees. But first, Grant must pass through the crucible of Shiloh - the most fearsome fight of the Civil War. On the eve of the battle, a senator's wife appears,...
Publisher
A&E Home Video
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
"Even today, almost 150 years after Lee's surrender at Appomattox Court House, unexpected secrets and little-known stories continue to emerge from Civil War history. In this DVD set, archival letters, original diary entries, sophisticated cinematic reenactments, and interviews with the country's most renowned historians bring these buried events vividly to life."--
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