Rethinking Shiloh: Myth and Memory

by Timothy B. Smith

Ulysses S. Grant once remarked that the Battle of Shiloh "has been perhaps less understood, or, to state the case more accurately, more persistently misunderstood, than any other engagement . . . during the entire rebellion." In Rethinking Shiloh , Timothy B. Smith seeks to rectify these persistent myths and misunderstandings, arguing that some of Shiloh's story is either not fully examined or has been the result of a limited and narrow collective...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1572339411
• ISBN13: 9781572339415
• Release Date: May 2013
• Publisher: Univ Tennessee Press
• Length: 216 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 6.2" x 9.2"