In "Attack at Daylight and Whip Them: The
Battle of Shiloh, April 6-7, 1862", Civil War historian Greg Mertz (who grew up on the Shiloh battlefield, hiking its trails and exploring its fields) taps into five decades of intimate familiarity with a battle that rewrote America's notions of war, making it an impressive contribution to the growing library of American Civil War literature and historical studies.
during Prairie Days there will be Civil War programs in the historic Courthouse marking the 157th anniversary of the Civil War
Battle of Shiloh that was fought April 6 and 7th, 1862.
Despite his flaws, Mortenson notes, Wallace contributed both politically and militarily to the war effort--in the fight for Fort Donelson and at the
Battle of Shiloh, in the defense of Cincinnati and southern Indiana, and in the administration of Baltimore and the Middle Department.
General Lew Wallace has at least three major claims to fame in American history: his leadership of the so-called "Lost Division," which arrived too late to assist the rest of Ulysses Grant's army at the first day of the
Battle of Shiloh; his tactical defeat at the Battle of Monocacy, which nevertheless successfully delayed a Confederate attack on Washington; and his authorship of the bestselling novel Ben-Hur: A Tale of the Christ.
(Though if you save touring for Sunday, be sure to visit the Verandah Curlee House the day before; closed on Sundays, this Greek revival home is where Confederate leaders planned the counter-offensive that became the
Battle of Shiloh and is the sole antebellum home open to the public in town.)
He provides background on their prominent Ohio family, then details each brotherAEs army career, including their roles in the Battle of Mill Springs, the Battle of Kennesaw Mountain, the
Battle of Shiloh, and the Battle of Chickamauga, and each of their deaths on the battlefield.
Beauregard, who partnered with the heroic General Johnston on his left flank in the
battle of Shiloh, has also bitten the dust.
Walt and Nate McGregor and Sunday, the former slave, have survived the carnage of the
Battle of Shiloh. But the war rages on, and the three young men find themselves reunited at the notorious Libby prison in Virginia.
"The
Battle of Shiloh," composed by Kelly Richardson, from Albedo's "Digital Fingers" album was performed at Carnegie Hall in April of 2011.
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battle of Shiloh - the second great battle of the American Civil War (1862); the battle ended with the withdrawal of Confederate troops but it was not a Union victory