Scapegoat of Shiloh: The Distortion of Lew Wallace's Record by U.S. Grant

by Kevin Getchell

A great controversy surrounds General Lew Wallace at the Battle of Shiloh. General U.S. Grant blamed Wallace for the huge number of casualties the Union suffered, citing a dilatory march and poor choice of route to the battlefield. Wallace was obsessed with these accusations his entire life and wrote Ben-Hur as much to work through the injustice of being labeled a scapegoat as for literary aspirations. This book asserts that something entirely...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 078647209X
• ISBN13: 9780786472093
• Release Date: August 2013
• Publisher: McFarland and Company, Inc.
• Length: 288 Pages
• Weight: 1.06 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.9" x 8.9"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher