Shiloh, 1862
Shiloh, 1862 by Winston Groom, published by Blue and Gray Education Society on March 20, 2012, is a detailed account of one of the Civil War’s pivotal battles. This edition spans 448 pages and is presented in English. Groom explores the events of April 6 and 7, 1862, when the Battle of Shiloh unfolded, revealing the profound impact it had on the military and the American public’s perception of the war. The narrative captures the chaos and brutality of the battle, highlighting the staggering casualties and the psychological shift it instigated among both Northern and Southern forces.
In this vivid recounting, readers will find a thorough examination of the battle’s dynamics, including the surprise attack on Ulysses S. Grant’s troops and the fierce fighting that ensued over challenging terrain. Groom’s writing combines a novelist’s storytelling flair with a historian’s attention to detail, bringing to life the experiences of soldiers on both sides. The book delves into the implications of the battle, illustrating how it ultimately failed to resolve the conflict and foreshadowed the ongoing horrors of the Civil War. Through this narrative, Groom provides insight into the military strategies and human experiences that defined this critical moment in American history.
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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 during a single day. It was more than had resulted from the entire American Revolution. As author Winston Groom reveals in this dramatic, heart-rending account, the Battle of Shiloh would singlehandedly change the psyche of the military, politicians, and American people–North and South–about what they had unleashed by creating a Civil War.
In this gripping telling of the first “great and terrible” battle of the Civil War, Groom describes the dramatic events of April 6 and 7, 1862, when a bold surprise attack on Ulysses S. Grant’s encamped troops and the bloody battle that ensued would alter the timbre of the war.
The Southerners struck at dawn on April 6th, and Groom vividly recounts the battle that raged for two days over the densely wooded and poorly mapped terrain. Driven back on the first day, Grant regrouped and mounted a fierce attack the second, and aided by the timely arrival of reinforcements managed to salvage an encouraging victory for the Federals.
Groom’s deft prose reveals how the bitter fighting would test the mettle of the motley soldiers assembled on both sides, and offer a rehabilitation of sorts for Union General William Sherman, who would go on from the victory at Shiloh to become one of the great generals of the war. But perhaps the most alarming outcome, Groom poignantly reveals, was the realization that for all its horror, the Battle of Shiloh had solved nothing, gained nothing, proved nothing, and the thousands of maimed and slain were merely wretched symbols of things to come.
With a novelist’s eye for telling and a historian’s passion for detail, context, and meaning, Groom brings the key characters and moments of battle to life. Shiloh is an epic tale, deftly told by a masterful storyteller.
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