The Battle of Shiloh and the Organizations EngagedUniversity of Tennessee Press, 2008 - 122 pages Originally published in 1902 by the Government Printing Office (and revised and reprinted in 1909 and 1913), The Battle of Shiloh and the Organizations Engaged was the official park commission history of this important battle and remains a seminal work on the subject. Although the book is the cornerstone of Shiloh historiography and is extensively cited by serious historians, the original edition is not widely available today. Timothy B. Smith redresses this problem with this new reprint of the 1913 edition for which he has written an introduction that places the important work in historical context. Written by D. W. Reed, a veteran of the battle and the first official historian of the Shiloh National Military Park, The Battle of Shiloh and the Organizations Engaged provides a succinct and authoritative overview of the battle. In addition to a narrative of the campaign, Reed describes the units engaged and the movements of every brigade. In addition, he includes numerous tables of strengths and losses for the armies as well as remarkably detailed maps and diagrams showing the action as it unfolded. These spectacular color maps are accessible in an enclosed CD in a PDF format. The net result is a compact yet detailed view of Shiloh unmatched anywhere else. Even a century after its first publication, this book stands as one of the most dependable, concise, and important works on the Battle of Shiloh. This new edition makes this work accessible once again. D. W. Reed was a veteran of the Battle of Shiloh and the first historian of the Shiloh National Military Park. Timothy B. Smith is the author of This Great Battlefield of Shiloh: History, Memory, and the Establishment of a Civil War National Military Park and The Untold Story of Shiloh: The Battle and the Battlefield. He was a park ranger at the Shiloh National Military Park before accepting a teaching position at the University of Tennessee at Martin. |
Contents
An Act to Establish a National Military Park at the Battlefield of Shiloh | 3 |
Orders of Battle | 24 |
Commanding and Staff Officers | 37 |
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BATTLE OF SHILOH & THE ORGANIZ United States Shiloh National Military,David W. (David Wilson) B. 1841 Reed No preview available - 2016 |
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1st Illinois 1st Missouri advance aid-de-camp Alabama April Arkansas assistant adjutant attack Bark road Battalion Battle of Shiloh battlefield became engaged Bragg Breckinridge Brig brigade formed Capt captured Chalmers Colonel command Confederate Army Dill Branch Duncan Field Eastern Corinth road encamped fell back Fifth front guns Hamburg road Hardee Hardee's Hurlbut's Illinois Illinois Cavalry Indiana infantry Iowa John Johnston joined Kentucky killed left flank left to right Lick Creek Lieut Light Artillery line of battle Louisiana manding McClernand's Mississippi Missouri Monday moved National Military Park Officers Ohio order from left Owl Creek Peach Orchard Pittsburg Landing Pittsburg road position Prentiss present for duty Purdy road rear Reed's reenforce regiments retired Rhea House Ruggles's Second Brigade Shaver's brigade Sherman's Shiloh Branch Shiloh Church Shiloh National Military Sixth Division Smith SNMP Sunday morning Tennessee River Third Brigade Trabue troops Twelfth Union Union Army volunteer aid Wallace Wood's brigade wounded