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Shiloh, 1862 / Winston Groom.
Athenaeum of Philadelphia - Circulating Collection E473.54 .G76 2012
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Groom, Winston, 1944-2020.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Shiloh, Battle of, Tenn., 1862.
- United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns.
- United States.
- Tennessee--History--Civil War, 1861-1865--Campaigns.
- Tennessee.
- Physical Description:
- 446 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., maps ; 24 cm.
- Place of Publication:
- Washington, D.C. : National Geographic Society, c2012.
- Summary:
- 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.
- Contents:
- 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 they 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.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 409-419) and index.
- Local Notes:
- Athenaeum copy: Hagen fund bookplate.
- ISBN:
- 9781426208744
- 142620874X
- 9781426209826 (deluxe ed.)
- 1426209827 (deluxe ed.)
- OCLC:
- 774404320
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