| Edition |
First edition. |
| Description |
1 online resource (xvii, 171 pages). |
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text file rdaft |
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(pdf) |
| Series |
Emerging Civil War series |
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Emerging Civil War series.
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| Summary |
"Attack at Daylight and Whip Them: The Battle of Shiloh, April 6-7, 1862 describes the Civil War battle fought near Pittsburg Landing, and Shiloh Church in Tennessee and is also a guidebook to Shiloh National Military Park. Union army commanders Ulysses S. Grant and Don Carlos Buell defeated Confederate General Albert Sidney Johnston. Shiloh was the first battle of the Civil War in which both sides lost more than 10,000 casualties."--Provided by publisher. |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 170-171). |
| Access |
Access limited to subscribing institutions. |
| Summary |
This Civil War history and guide presents an engaging chronicle of the Battle of Shiloh with information and insights about the Tennessee battlefield. The Union Army of the Tennessee, commanded by Major General Ulysses S. Grant, had gathered on the banks of its namesake river at a spot called Pittsburg Landing, ready to strike deep into the heart of Tennessee Confederates, commanded by General Albert Sidney Johnston. Johnston's troops were reeling from setbacks earlier in the year and had decided to reverse their fortunes by taking the fight to the Federals. Johnston planned to attack them at daylight and drive them into the river. As a brutal fight ensued, Grant gathered reinforcements and planned a counteroffensive. On the morning of April 7, he initiated his own bloody daybreak attack. The horrors of this two-day battle exceeded anything America had ever known in its history. Historian Greg Mertz grew up on the Shiloh battlefield, hiking its trails and exploring its fields. Attack at Daylight and Whip Them taps into five decades of intimate familiarity with a battle that rewrote America's notions of war. |
| Note |
Publisher metadata. |
| Subject |
Shiloh, Battle of, Tenn., 1862.
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Shiloh National Military Park (Tenn. and Miss.) -- Guidebooks.
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| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
Smith, Timothy B., 1974- writer of foreword.
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| ISBN |
9781611213140 (e-pub) |
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9781611213133 (print) |
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