As Ulysses S. Grant and William Tecumseh Sherman prepared their
inexperienced troops for a massive offensive by an equally green
Confederate army in April 1862, the outcome of the Civil War was
still very much in doubt. For two of the most chaotic and ravaging
days of the War, the Union forces counterattacked and fended off
the Rebels. Losses were great--more than 20,000 casualties out of
100,000 Union and Confederate troops. But out of the struggle,
Grant and Sherman forged their own union that would be a major
factor in the Union Army's final victory. For the Confederates,
Shiloh was a devastating disappointment. By the time the siege was
over, they had lost both the battle and one of their ablest
commanders, Albert Sidney Johnston.
Eyewitness accounts by battle participants make these guides an
invaluable resource for travelers and nontravelers who want a
greater understanding of five of the most devastating yet
influential years in our nation's history. Explicit directions to
points of interest and maps--illustrating the action and showing
the detail of troop position, roads, rivers, elevations, and tree
lines as they were 130 years ago--help bring the battles to life.
In the field, these guides can be used to recreate each battle's
setting and proportions, giving the reader a sense of the tension
and fear each soldier must have felt as he faced his enemy.
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