Shiloh 1862
(2012)

Nonfiction

Book

Call Numbers:
973.731/GROOM,W

Availability

Locations Call Number Status
Adult Nonfiction 973.731/GROOM,W Available

Details

PUBLISHED
Washington, D.C. : National Geographic Society, [2012]
©2012
DESCRIPTION

446 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm

ISBN/ISSN
9781426208744 :, 142620874X, 142620874X :
LANGUAGE
English
NOTES

A note on weapons, tactics, units, and military customs-- 1862 -- April is the cruelest month -- You must be badly scared -- From failure to fortune -- Nothing can be done -- "Unconditional Surrender" Grant -- This cruel war -- He looked like an old Viking king -- I would fight them if there were a million -- All the furies of Hell broke loose -- What followed, no man could well describe -- Like shooting into a flock of sheep -- It was all a glittering lie -- I will lead you -- My God, my God, it is too late! -- I intend to withdraw -- Ah! Tom Grafton-- how mistaken you were! -- An exalted distinction -- The Battle of Shiloh and the organizations engaged

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

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