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The Shiloh campaign [electronic resource] / edited by Steven E. Woodworth.

Contributor(s): Woodworth, Steven E | ebrary, Inc.
Series: Civil War campaigns in the heartland. Publisher: Carbondale [Ill.] : Southern Illinois University Press, c2009Description: vii, 167 p. : maps.Subject(s): Shiloh, Battle of, Tenn., 1862 | Tennessee -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- Campaigns | United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865 -- CampaignsGenre/Form: Electronic books.DDC classification: 973.7/31 Online resources: An electronic book accessible through the World Wide Web; click to view
Contents:
"I must save this army" : Albert Sidney Johnston and the Shiloh Campaign / John R. Lundberg -- A terrible baptism by fire : David Stuart's defense of the Union left / Alexander Mendoza -- Anatomy of an icon : Shiloh's hornet's nest in Civil War memory / Timothy B. Smith -- Intolerably slow : Lew Wallace's march to the battlefield / Steven E. Woodworth -- Soul-stirring music to our ears : gunboats at Shiloh / Gary D. Joiner -- General Beauregard's "complete victory" at Shiloh : an interpretation / Grady McWhiney -- Victory for neither side : Confederate soldier's reactions to the battle of Shiloh / Charles D. Grear -- After Shiloh : Grant, Sherman, and survival / Brooks D. Simpson.
Summary: This title provides new insights into the civil War's bloodiest battle. Steven E. Woodworth has brought together a group of historians to reassess this significant battle and provide in-depth analysis of key aspects of the campaign and its aftermath.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.

"I must save this army" : Albert Sidney Johnston and the Shiloh Campaign / John R. Lundberg -- A terrible baptism by fire : David Stuart's defense of the Union left / Alexander Mendoza -- Anatomy of an icon : Shiloh's hornet's nest in Civil War memory / Timothy B. Smith -- Intolerably slow : Lew Wallace's march to the battlefield / Steven E. Woodworth -- Soul-stirring music to our ears : gunboats at Shiloh / Gary D. Joiner -- General Beauregard's "complete victory" at Shiloh : an interpretation / Grady McWhiney -- Victory for neither side : Confederate soldier's reactions to the battle of Shiloh / Charles D. Grear -- After Shiloh : Grant, Sherman, and survival / Brooks D. Simpson.

This title provides new insights into the civil War's bloodiest battle. Steven E. Woodworth has brought together a group of historians to reassess this significant battle and provide in-depth analysis of key aspects of the campaign and its aftermath.

Electronic reproduction. Palo Alto, Calif. : ebrary, 2011. Available via World Wide Web. Access may be limited to ebrary affiliated libraries.