The Shiloh campaign: March - April 1862

435 Pages·1987·4.77 MB·English

by  David George Martin

The Shiloh Campaign : March - April 1862
title:
Great Campaigns
author: Martin, David G.
publisher: Combined Publishing
isbn10 | asin: 0938289691
print isbn13: 9780938289692
ebook isbn13: 9780585193939
language: English
subject Shiloh, Battle of, 1862.
publication date: 1996
lcc: E473.54.M32 1996eb
ddc: 973.7/31
subject: Shiloh, Battle of, 1862.
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GREAT CAMPAIGNS
The Shiloh Campaign
Grant at the height of his career.
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GREAT CAMPAIGN SERIES
The Antietam Campaign
The Atlanta Campaign
The Chancellorsville Campaign
The First Air Campaign
The Gettysburg Campaign
Jackson's Valley Campaign
The Little Bighorn Campaign
MacArthur's New Guinea Campaign
The Midway Campaign
The Peninsula Campaign
The Petersburg Campaign
The Philadelphia Campaign
Rommel's North Africa Campaign
The Vicksburg Campaign
The Waterloo Campaign
The Wilderness Campaign
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GREAT CAMPAIGNS
The Shiloh Campaign
March April 1862
David G. Martin
COMBINED BOOKS
Pennsvlvania
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Martin, David G.
The Shiloh campaign: March - April 1862 / David G. Martin.
p. cm. (Great campaigns)
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-938289-69-1
1. Shiloh, Battle of, 1862. I. Title. II. Series.
E473.54.M32 1996
973.7'31 dc20 96-8045
CIP
Printed in the United States of America. Maps by Kevin Wilkins
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Contents
Preface to the Series 7
Introduction 9
I 11
The war in the West Begins
II 25
Grant Moves South
III 57
The Armies Converge
IV 85
The Eve of Battle
V 99
Shiloh: 6 April
VI 167
The Second Day, 7 April
VII 193
Afterwards
Guide for the Interested Reader 213
Order of Battle 219
Index 233
Sidebars
What's In a Name 21
Brother Aganist Brother 22
Armament Problems 23
Grant 46
Admiral Foote 47
The Confederate Commanders at Donelson 47
Hindquarters in the Saddle: John Pope 48
Artillery at Shiloh 50
"That Devil Forrest" 55
The Armies at Shiloh 77
Confederate Corps Commanders 79
Leaders 92
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Sherman 94
The Orphan Brigade 95
Mark Twain in the Army 96
Stanley the Explorer 96
Johnston's Last Hours 156
The Hornets' Nest 158
Of Green Troops and Stragglers 159
"Bull" Nelson 161
Don Carlos Buell 162
Lexington and Tyler 162
Artillery Losses 164
Where Was Grant? 182
Where Was Lew Wallace? 123
How the Newspapers Saw the Battle 186
Civil War Medicine 187
The Gallant Mrs. Wallace 190
The Battle Sites Today 209
The Shiloh Cyclorama 210
Johnny Shiloh 210
Maps
The Western Theater of the Civil War 12
Map of For Donelson 29
Union and Confederate Armies Converge on Shiloh 64
Outline Map of Shiloh Campaign 69
Map Used by Confederate Generals at Shiloh 101
Shiloh Area 103
Shiloh 0900, 6 April 113
Shiloh 1200, 6 April 124
Shiloh 1600, 6 April 138
Shiloh 1830, 6 April 144
Grant's Reinforcements 154
End of Shiloh 171
Shiloh, 7 April 175