Shiloh, 1862

Author

Winston Groom

Call Number

• 973.731 G8766 (CEN)

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Publication Information

Washington, D.C. : National Geographic, 2012.

Physical Description

446 p., [16] p. of plates : ill., map ; 24 cm.

Summary

In this 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.