Attack at Daylight and Whip Them The Battle of Shiloh, April 6–7, 1862
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Attack at Daylight and Whip Them The Battle of Shiloh, April 6–7, 1862

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Full Title

Attack at Daylight and Whip Them The Battle of Shiloh, April 6–7, 1862
Author(s)

Gregory A. Mertz
Edition
ISBN

9781611213140, 9781611213133
Publisher

Savas Beatie (ORIM)
Format

PDF and EPUB

Description

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.

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