| #945292 in Books | National Geographic | 2013-11-05 | 2013-11-05 | Original language:English | PDF # 1 | 9.02 x1.10 x6.02l,1.20 | File type: PDF | 448 pages | ||58 of 61 people found the following review helpful.| A day to remember|By George W. Lynn|an extremely well written account of what was the bloodiest battle in American history, up to that point. More Americans died in that battle than in all of America's previous wars combined, and more than had died in the Civil War up to that point. Unfortunately, Antietam eventually took that honor, and remains the single bloodiest day in US||"Groom has given the Battle of Shiloh the mega attention that it deserves by writing a book with the storytelling appeal of fiction but solidly backed with fact.... This is a book that will stay with you for a very long time." –The Washin
A main selection in History Book-of-the-Month Club and alternate selection in Military Book-of-the-Month Club.
In the spring of 1862, many Americans still believed that the Civil War, "would be over by Christmas." The previous summer in Virginia, Bull Run, with nearly 5,000 casualties, had been shocking, but suddenly came word from a far away place in the wildernesses of Southwest Tennessee of an appalling battle costing 23,000 casualties, most of them duri...
You can specify the type of files you want, for your device.Shiloh, 1862 | Winston Groom. A good, fresh read, highly recommended.
